Maine Memory Network

Mount Desert Island: Shaped by Nature - Rustication

"In 1853 they built the steamship wharf at the point and talked the Eastern Steamship Company into establishing service."

Lubec, Maine - Susie Calder: Lubec's Sardine Queen

"… Queen Contestants The contestants met at the town wharf before the ball for a photo op. Susie is third from the right."

Lubec, Maine - Lubec's 1911 Centennial Celebration - Page 2 of 2

"… welcomed visitors who arrived via the ferry wharf at the camera’s rear. Click on the picture then read the text telling of the portion of this…"

Mount Desert Island: Shaped by Nature - Economic History of Main Street, Northeast Harbor - Page 1 of 3

"… store, near the cove at the South of the present wharf, smelling of all tarry seafaring things…” Kimball’s story sold hardware, dry goods, flour…"

Blue Hill, Maine - In Search of the Rustic Life

"Parker Point had its own wharf where a steamship transported people to and from Rockland. Train travel was somewhat more difficult and required a…"

Life on a Tidal River - Narrative

"Soon wharfs, booms, and mills lined the Penobscot and Kenduskeag Rivers. In response to this economic phenomenon, the population of the town began to…"

Lubec, Maine - Canning Sardines in Lubec: Technology, the Syndicate and Labor

"This was done on the wharf or in an open area on the first floor of a cannery, as shown in this photograph in the collections of the Maine Historical…"