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Historical Items Showing 3 of 1179 View All
Item 79052
Title: Northeast Harbor from Schoolhouse Ledge, ca. 1976
Contributed by: Northeast Harbor Library
Date: circa 1976
Location: Northeast Harbor
Media: photograph
Item 16456
Title: Deacon's Harbor on Clark Point, Southwest Harbor
Contributed by: Southwest Harbor Public Library
Date: 1891-08-12
Location: Southwest Harbor
Media: Photograph
Item 19219
Title: Northeast Harbor
Contributed by: Jesup Memorial Library
Date: circa 1910
Location: Bar Harbor; Northeast Harbor
Media: Postcard
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The Unfulfilled Dream of Tidal Power
Dexter Cooper, a young engineer, devoted much of his energy and personal finances to a plan to harness the tides in Cobscook and Passamaquoddy bays to generate electricity. While the plan was technically feasible, political and other considerations stopped its development in 1936.
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Early Fish Canneries in Brooklin
By the 1900s, numerous fish canneries began operating in Center Harbor, located within the Brooklin community. For over thirty years, these plants were an important factor in the community.
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The Schooner Bowdoin: Ninety Years of Seagoing History
After traveling to the Arctic with Robert E. Peary, Donald B. MacMillan (1874-1970), an explorer, researcher, and lecturer, helped design his own vessel for Arctic exploration, the schooner Bowdoin, which he named after his alma mater. The schooner remains on the seas.
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Mount Desert Island: Shaped by Nature
Highlights from the history of what is perhaps the most popular tourist destination in Maine. The site was created by a partnership between MDI High School, Mount Desert Elementary School, and a number of supporting organizations: Acadia National Park, Bar Harbor Historical Society, the Jesup Memorial Library, Great Harbor Maritime Museum, and the Maine Granite Industry Historical Society. Exhibits cover Northeast Harbor, the Granite industry, Bar Harbor’s Building of Arts, the Green Mountain Railway, the Bryants and the Rockefellers, and steamboats.
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