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Keywords: Ship building
Historical Items Showing 3 of 283 View All
Item 21560
Title: Bow, Liberty Ship, South Portland, 1943
Contributed by: Maine Historical Society
Date: 1943-03-23
Location: South Portland
Media: Photograph
Item 81355
Title: Brig under construction, Somes Cove, ca. 1905
Contributed by: Mount Desert Island Historical Society
Date: circa 1905
Location: Mount Desert Island
Media: Photograph
Item 11658
Title: Illustration, The Building of the Ship, ca. 1880
Contributed by: Maine Historical Society
Date: circa 1880
Media: Ink on paper
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Item 36677
Item 54328
Item 34996
Address: 168 Brentwood Street, Portland
Owner in 1924: Moses B Clemens
Use: Shed - used as shipping room
Exhibits Showing 3 of 3 View All
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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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Navy Firefighting School, Little Chebeague Island
Little Chebeague Island in Casco Bay was home to recreational facilities and a firefighting school for WWII sailors. The school was part of a Navy effort to have non-firefighting personnel knowledgeable in dealing with shipboard fires.
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J.A. Poor and the Portland-Montreal Connection
John A. Poor's determination in 1845 to bring rail service to Maine and to make Portland the winter port for Montreal, along with the steel foundry he started to build locomotives and many other products, helped boost the economy of Portland the state.
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Swan's Island: Six miles east of ordinary
A look back at island life in Maine as captured by a team consisting of Swan's Island Educational Society representatives, which encompasses the community's library and historical society, a class from the Swan's Island School, and an Island Fellow from the Island Institute. Exhibit topics examine islanders at work and play, Baird's Quarry, old buildings, and the changing role of women on the island.
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Islesboro--An Island in Penobscot Bay
A history of one of Maine’s many populated islands. The site was created by a team consisting of representatives from Islesboro Historical Society, Islesboro Central School, and the Alice L. Pendleton Library. Early settlements, businesses and cottage industries, schools, water transportation, and summer resorts are the topics covered.
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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.