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Keywords: Cargoes
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Item 8871
Title: Four-mast bark 'Roanoke' under sail
Contributed by: Maine Maritime Museum
Date: 1892
Media: glass plate negative
Item 8872
Title: Ship ARYAN, Phippsburg, 1893
Contributed by: Maine Maritime Museum
Date: 1893
Location: Phippsburg
Media: black and white photograph
Item 8873
Title: Six-mast schooner GEORGE W. WELLS, Camden, 1900
Contributed by: Maine Maritime Museum
Date: 1900
Location: Camden
Media: black and white photograph
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Canoes, Schooners and the Down-Easter
Maine has a long history of boat and ship-building, spurred by the timber resources and the many sheltered ports along the coast. Shipping and trade were especially important in Maine in the 19th century.
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South Portland's Wartime Shipbuilding
Two shipyards in South Portland, built quickly in 1941 to construct cargo ships for the British and Americans, produced nearly 270 ships in two and a half years. Many of those vessels bore the names of notable Mainers.