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Item 31077
Title: Flood, Merchants Row, Hallowell, 1896
Contributed by: Hubbard Free Library
Date: 1896
Location: Hallowell
Media: photograph
Item 27913
Title: Merchants' Row, Bath, ca. 1883
Contributed by: Maine Maritime Museum
Date: circa 1883
Location: Bath
Media: mounted sepia-toned photographic print
Item 66663
Title: Upper end of the village, Strong, ca. 1925
Contributed by: Strong Historical Society
Date: circa 1925
Location: Strong
Media: Black & white celluloid negative
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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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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.