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Historical Items Showing 3 of 602 View All
Item 20176
Title: St. Leon merchant ship, Castine, 1835
Contributed by: Maine Historical Society
Date: 1835
Location: Castine
Media: Photograph
Item 20555
Title: Merchant ship from the Skolfield fleet, ca. 1860s
Contributed by: Pejepscot Historical Society
Date: circa 1980
Location: Brunswick; Harpswell
Media: Photograph
Item 15189
Title: John Jenners
Contributed by: City of Brewer
Date: circa 1864
Location: Brewer
Media: 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.
Exhibit
George Popham and a group of fellow Englishmen arrived at the mouth of the Kennebec River, hoping to trade with Native Americans, find gold and other valuable minerals, and discover a Northwest passage. In 18 months, the fledgling colony was gone.
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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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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.