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Description
The pogey industry was a thriving industry at Mt. Desert in the mid 19th century. Pogies (also called porgies) were caught, boiled in large cast iron pots, and then pressed for their valuable oil.
About This Item
- Title: Pogey press, Mount Desert, ca. 1850
- Creation Date: circa 1850
- Subject Date: circa 1850
- Location: Northeast Harbor, Mount Desert, Hancock County, ME
- Media: Metal
- Dimensions: 100 cm x 30 cm x 30 cm
- Object Type: Physical Object
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Standardized Subject Headings
- Fishing industry--Maine
- Cookery
- Atlantic menhaden fisheries--Equipment and supplies
- Food industry--Maine
- Presses
- Fish oil industry--Maine
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