Maine Memory Network

Thomaston: The Town that Went to Sea - The End of Wooden Shipbuilding - 1910 to 1950

"The End of Wooden Shipbuilding - 1910 to 1950 The large ships had short life expectancies, being driven hard and fast by their masters."

Swan's Island: Six miles east of ordinary - Lobstering

"Boat engines and fishing equipment also changed. Fishing for tuna with a harpoon, Swan's Island, ca."

Scarborough: They Called It Owascoag - Catch of the Day: Clamming and Lobstering - Page 1 of 4

"… hods or wicker baskets; onion bags have replaced wooden bushel baskets; and outboard motor boats have replaced the rowboats once used to reach the…"

Scarborough: They Called It Owascoag - Maritime Tales: Shipyards and Shipwrecks - Page 2 of 2

"… of the Maine Coast, the ship was the largest wooden sailing ship ever wrecked off the Maine coast. Wreck of the "Washington B."

Scarborough: They Called It Owascoag - A Look Inside the Classroom Over Time - Page 2 of 4

"In the early 1800s many schools used wooden canes if a child misbehaved. Soon after in the 1850's the leather strap and hickory switch were…"

Islesboro--An Island in Penobscot Bay - Early Settlements

"At one time he owned more wooden sailing vessels than anyone in the United States. There are several stories about how the settlement of Guinea…"

Thomaston: The Town that Went to Sea - Prison is built - 1823 to 1824

"A wooden roof with sliding doors was erected above the top of the cells, creating an open room about 10-12’ high."

Historic Hallowell - Whaling

"… used was using a tool called a drogue, which is a wooden drum or inflated sealskin, that they tied to an arrow or harpoon so the whale would be…"

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

"… her music books, including the hymnals, in a wooden box later found in her attic. Mary Ann June 17, 1911Surry Historical Society These two…"

Thomaston: The Town that Went to Sea - Shipbuilding Industry Expands - 1850 to 1857

"… whose job was to fill the seams between the wooden planking. Painters were needed to varnish and paint the ship’s topsides and hulls."

Lubec, Maine - Building the Roosevelt Bridge to Campobello - Page 1 of 3

"“The current swept our boat close to the work trestle,” said Chandler. Cranes with pier construction on new bridge, Lubec, 1961 Lubec Historical…"

Strong, a Mussul Unsquit village - Other Recreation

"… motors were made the Maine guides had to row wooden boats and canoes a lot around the local ponds and lakes."

Highlighting Historical Hampden - Riverside Park

"… as a bowling alley, merry-go-round, Ferris wheel, wooden swings, dancing pavilion, open-air stage casino, picnic spots along the shore, and even…"

Lubec, Maine - McCurdy Herring Smokehouse - Page 3 of 4

"… Herring: 1990 and 1896 Sluicing the herring into wooden tanks. Frank Van Riper, photo X The words of a careful investigator, Ansley Hall, tell…"

Cumberland & North Yarmouth - Population Decline in Maine's Coastal Counties

"… center to successfully make the transition from wooden to steel vessels. A decline in the number of Americans in the shipping trade decreased…"

Lubec, Maine - Klondike: Lubec's Gold from Sea Water Hoax

"… in the water, were placed specially constructed wooden boxes called accumulators, for collecting the gold content of the seawater that flowed…"

Western Maine Foothills Region - Peru

"Since 1930 all sorts of small wooden objects were made there: round clothespins and toothpicks at first, then safety matches, ice cream spoons that…"

Lubec, Maine - Lubec History

"… grew -- sawmills that provided the shooks for wooden cases that held the cans ready for shipment; transporters; boat builders; suppliers of…"

Mantor Library, University of Maine Farmington

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