Contributed by Penobscot Marine Museum
Description
A. B. Thwings store was located in Days Ferry, also known as West Woolwich, on the Kennebec River. It was located at the dock of a ferry that crossed from Bath about a mile by water north of Sagadahoc Ferry.
The store sold some of everything, and from 1887 to 1909 the store housed the West Woolwich branch post office. Thomas Stetson bought the store property in 1826 and in 1830 received a permit from the Maine Legislature to operate a horse-powered ferry.
Days Ferry was a substantial community that included a schoolhouse, church, blacksmith, shipbuilder, ship owners, cobbler, pattern maker, two ice houses, potter, carpenter, and tanner. Across the street from the store was the Robert White Tavern.
The only wooden sidewalk in Woolwich followed the road through the village. Known as the Old Stage Road, the road went on to Wiscasset.
About This Item
- Title: A. B. Thwings Store at Days Ferry, Woolwich, ca. 1910
- Creator: Eastern Illustrating & Publishing Co.
- Creation Date: circa 1910
- Subject Date: circa 1910
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Locations:
- Days Ferry, Woolwich, Sagadahoc County, ME
- West Woolwich, Woolwich, Sagadahoc County, ME
- Media: Glass Plate Negative
- Dimensions: 12.7 cm x 17.8 cm
- Local Code: LB2007.1.103106
- Collection: Eastern Illustrating & Publishing Co.
- Object Type: Image
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