Maine Memory Network

Historic Hallowell - Ship Parts

"Each boat had about three or four anchors on board in case one got stuck and had to be cut. For a whole ship to be built with the “technology” they…"

Home: The Wadsworth-Longfellow House and Portland - The House, 1786-1960

"… "…but happier is he whose heart rides quietly at anchor in the peaceful haven of home." – Henry Wadsworth Longfellow to his parents, 1826 When…"

Scarborough: They Called It Owascoag - Maritime Tales: Shipyards and Shipwrecks - Page 2 of 2

"The fluke of the anchor broke and the Cappy began to blow ashore. It came across the ledges and washed upon a small beach in the Graveyard area, the…"

Mount Desert Island: Shaped by Nature - They Should Have Constructed Their Buildings On Wheels

"… history for many members of one family to stay anchored in one geographic location through so many generations."

Historic Hallowell - Sweat on the Kennebec ~ Hallowell Steam and Boom Company

"… cook and mess shacks were erected on rafts and anchored on the Chelsea side of the river. In the fall, these rafts with houses would be towed into…"

Thomaston: The Town that Went to Sea - The "Edward O'Brien", the "Washington B. Thomas", & "Edna Hoyt"

"… the river prematurely and, dragging a 4200-pound anchor through the hillside above her, cut a furrow five feet deep, tearing down many small trees."

Camden Public Library

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Western Maine Foothills Region - Building Boom and Piers above the Falls

"The piers were the anchors for the booms. The booms were tree-length spruce logs, chained together with heavy chains, called “boom chains,” and these…"

Bath's Historic Downtown - Bath Savings Institution and Hyde Block

"… equipment for ships, such as rope, windlasses, anchors, and canvas. The Zina Hyde Chandlery changed into Hyde and Swanton company, which later…"

Thomaston: The Town that Went to Sea - Thomaston Narrative

"… making landfall at Monhegan, Captain Waymouth re-anchored his ship Archangel off the islands at the base of the St."

Frye Island Historical Society

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Strong, a Mussul Unsquit village - The Bridge That Changed The Map

"… of long wrought iron eye-bars, were sunken and anchored into holes drilled down to bedrock. These holes were so deep, and the eye-bars so stable…"

Surry by the Bay - History of Surry

"As they lay at anchor surrounded by forested hills near a serene cove, the crew had long, contentious discussions about settling in this particular…"

Bath's Historic Downtown - History Overview

"… where that end of town had previously been anchored by residences and the King Tavern just south of the Customs House."

Islesboro--An Island in Penobscot Bay - Early Settlements

"… 300-foot square-rigged yacht “Alcedo” swaying at anchor moored in the deeper waters of the East Bay."

Lubec, Maine - Building the Roosevelt Bridge to Campobello - Page 1 of 3

"… while the Navy destroyer John Paul Jones was anchored in the harbor. Circumstances clearly pinpointed Maine State Representative Sumner T."

Life on a Tidal River - Narrative

"… to a little river near which it was necessary to anchor, as we saw before us a great many rocks which are uncovered at low tide..."