Maine Memory Network

Scarborough: They Called It Owascoag - Historical Overview - Page 1 of 4

"Historical Overview Map of Scarborough with MarshlandScarborough Historical Society & Museum Scarborough: They Called it Owascoag Text by…"

Scarborough: They Called It Owascoag - Historical Overview - Page 4 of 4

"Historical Overview The Twenty-First Century Scarborough Professional Gateway located on Haigis Parkway X Residential and commercial growth…"

Surry by the Bay - Early Twentieth Century

"Still others went to work in shipyards in Bath and South Portland and to other states. With a population of approximately 500, Surry contributed…"

Highlighting Historical Hampden - Expansion

"… as the first ship built in one of Hampden’s four shipyards. There are records of many ships built between 1793 and 1872, when the completion of the…"

Bath's Historic Downtown - The Customs House

"… Benjamin Harrison visited Bath to tour the shipyards of Bath and attend the launching of the Rappahannock, one of the four largest wooden vessels…"

South Portland Historical Society

View collections, facts, and contact information for this Contributing Partner.

Kennebunkport Historical Society

View collections, facts, and contact information for this Contributing Partner.

Mount Desert Island: Shaped by Nature - Rustication

"… were in the shipping business and operated a shipyard on Clark Point in Southwest Harbor. In 1853 they built the steamship wharf at the point and…"

Blue Hill, Maine - Discover the Story of Blue Hill - Page 2 of 4

"Shipbuilding and Seafaring . Shipyards were established on the sloping shores conveniently adjacent to the sawmills."

Bath's Historic Downtown - History Overview

"By 1800, shipyards built ships for local owners heavily involved in national and international trade, principally with the West Indies, France and…"

Highlighting Historical Hampden - Expansion

"… as the first ship built in one of Hampden’s four shipyards. There are records of many ships built between 1793 and 1872, when the completion of the…"

Surry by the Bay - Phebe Fowler: A Woman of Property

"… Abraham became the proprietor of a successful shipyard in Ellsworth. Phebe had a hard life. She married three times."

Thomaston: The Town that Went to Sea - Raymond Wallace

"My sister worked in a shipyard like my father. Also two of my father’s boats were in museums. One is in Massachusetts and one is in Penobscot Bay."

Cumberland & North Yarmouth - Representative Industries of Cumberland and North Yarmouth

"… Cumberland Foreside was the location of the Spear shipyard, started by David Spear and carried on by his son David Spear Jr. until 1869."

Swan's Island: Six miles east of ordinary - III. Boom, bustle, bust: The Steamboat Years to WWII

"The shipyards of South Portland were a destination for many able-bodied workers, who helped with the construction of Liberty Ships."

Lubec, Maine - Lubec History

"John McBride Shipyard, Lubec The John McBride Shipyard, located on Water Street, launched a number of schooners and barkentines in the 1860s and '70s."

Lubec, Maine - Timeline

"… 1804 – 1830 • Twenty vessels launched from Lubec shipyards 1804 • First schooner, Hope, built at Seward’s Neck by Capt. George W. Allan 1805 • Col."

Bath's Historic Downtown - 94 Front Street

"Oliver also established his own shipyard in 1844, and founded the first National Bank of Bath in 1861."

Presque Isle: The Star City - John R Braden

"Verge was known as the “Maine Shipyard Song Writer”. The John R Braden March Song © 1922 (sung to the tune of “Boom Our State” also by Byron Verge)…"

Life on a Tidal River - Four Famous Bangorians

"He later bought a shipyard and built 10 large ships. He also owned a ferry business that went from Portland to South Portland until 1896."

Islesboro--An Island in Penobscot Bay - Historical Overview

"Snow Company shipyard in Rockland, Maine at 10 A.M on May 19, 1936. The ferryboat was christened by Miss Evelyn Randlett, who was Islesboro High…"