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Item 20795
Title: South Portland Shipbuilding Corp., Hull #48, 1943
Contributed by: Maine Historical Society
Date: 1943-02-23
Location: South Portland
Media: Photograph
Item 21560
Title: Bow, Liberty Ship, South Portland, 1943
Contributed by: Maine Historical Society
Date: 1943-03-23
Location: South Portland
Media: Photograph
Item 17271
Title: Nameplate from the S.S. Lillian Nordica
Contributed by: Nordica Memorial Association
Date: 1944
Location: Farmington
Media: metal
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Liberty Threatened: Maine in 1775
At Lexington and Concord, on April 19, 1775, British troops attempted to destroy munitions stored by American colonists. The battles were the opening salvos of the American Revolution. Shortly, the conflict would erupt in Maine.
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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.
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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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Site
The history of downtown Bath as created by the students of Bath Middle School, with assistance from members of the Sagadahoc History & Genealogy Room at the Patten Free Library and Bath Historical Society. Seventeen exhibits examine various historic blocks in the downtown section of the city.