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Excerpt from Henry Knox's wastebook about the launching of the Quick Lime

Thomaston: The Town that Went to Sea - Henry Knox: Shipping

"Henry Knox: Shipping Shipping the goods that he was producing was an important part of Knox’s business dealings."

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Local Fishermen at Pine Point, Scarborough, 1932

Scarborough: They Called It Owascoag - Catch of the Day: Clamming and Lobstering - Page 1 of 4

"… digger must bend at the waist often in mud to the knees to dig through the tidal mud flats for clams."

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Shipbuilding Hewing Axe, Shipyard. Hallowell, ca. 1850's

Historic Hallowell - Shipbuilding

"Knees were huge braces shaped in a sort of L shape and placed so that the top was connected to the bottom of the above head deck while the other end…"

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Railroad Station, Fort Kent, ca. 1920

Acadian Archives

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1794 map of Farmington

Farmington: Franklin County's Shiretown - Railroad into the Village

"… John Cowett, whose leg was badly broken below the knee, the bone being split and forced through the flesh. The wound was dressed by Drs."