Keywords: oil cans
Item 13469
Brass Oil Measure Cans used in Lighthouses, ca. 1800
Contributed by: Museum at Portland Head Date: circa 1800 Location: Cape Elizabeth Media: Brass
Item 10414
Contributed by: Oakfield Historical Society Date: circa 1900 Location: Oakfield Media: Metal
Exhibit
Early Fish Canneries in Brooklin
By the 1900s, numerous fish canneries began operating in Center Harbor, located within the Brooklin community. For over thirty years, these plants were an important factor in the community.
Exhibit
A Town Is Born: South Bristol, 1915
After being part of the town of Bristol for nearly 150 years, residents of South Bristol determined that their interests would be better served by becoming a separate town and they broke away from the large community of Bristol.
Site Page
Lubec, Maine - Canning Sardines in Lubec: Technology, the Syndicate and Labor
"Mustard or oil was added, depending on the size of the herring. Then came the step of sealing the cans in another section of the cannery, “bathing”…"
Site Page
"During this time the smoked herring business prospered as well, with some sardine canneries even operating herring smokehouses. American Can…"
Story
One View
by Karen Jelenfy
My life as an artist in Maine.
Story
How to prepare "Paquet de poisson a la vapeur"
by Titi de Baccarat
Making Gabonese cuisine in Portland Maine
