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Item 10715
Title: Lavinia Campbell launching, Kennebunkport, 1883
Contributed by: Brick Store Museum
Date: 1883
Location: Kennebunkport
Media: Photograph
Item 10631
Title: Launching of the schooner Charles B. Wiggin, Kennebunk, 1917
Contributed by: Brick Store Museum
Date: 1917
Location: Kennebunk
Media: Photograph
Item 8815
Title: Launching of America's Cup Defender RANGER at Bath Iron Works, Bath, 1937
Contributed by: Maine Maritime Museum
Date: 1937-05-11
Location: Bath
Media: Film negative
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The Doris Hamlin, a four-masted schooner built at the Frye-Flynn Shipyard in Harrington, was one of the last vessels launched there, marking the decline of a once vigorous shipbuilding industry in Washington County.
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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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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.