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Item 40275

Dry dock, South Portland, ca. 1900

Contributed by: Maine Historical Society Date: circa 1900 Location: South Portland Media: Photographic print

Item 54902

Schooner 'Bowdoin' in drydock, South Portland, 1921

Contributed by: Peary-MacMillan Arctic Museum and Arctic Studies Center Date: 1921 Location: South Portland Media: Photographic print

Item 9462

F.E. Stanley on the Squirrel Island Pier, ca. 1912

Contributed by: Stanley Museum Date: circa 1912 Location: Southport Media: Photographic print

Online Exhibits

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Exhibit

Miriam and Donald MacMillan, Greenland, 1947

The Schooner Bowdoin: Ninety Years of Seagoing History

After traveling to the Arctic with Robert E. Peary, Donald B. MacMillan (1874-1970), an explorer, researcher, and lecturer, helped design his own vessel for Arctic exploration, the schooner <em>Bowdoin,</em> which he named after his alma mater. The schooner remains on the seas.

Exhibit

After the Theatre, Riverton Park, ca. 1905

History in Motion: The Era of the Electric Railways

Street railways, whether horse-drawn or electric, required the building of trestles and tracks. The new form of transportation aided industry, workers, vacationers, and other travelers.

Exhibit

Portland civil engineers surveying Pearl Street sewer, Portland, 1887

From Sewers to Skylines: William S. Edwards's 1887 Photo Album

William S. Edwards (1830-1918) was a civil engineer who worked for the City of Portland from 1876-1906. Serving as First Assistant to Chief Engineer William A. Goodwin, then to Commissioner George N. Fernald, Edwards was a fixture in City Hall for 30 consecutive years, proving indispensable throughout the terms of 15 Mayors of Portland, including all six of those held by James Phineas Baxter. Edwards made significant contributions to Portland, was an outstanding mapmaker and planner, and his works continue to benefit historians.

Site Pages

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Thomaston Bank, Stereo View, Thomaston, ca. 1865

Thomaston: The Town that Went to Sea - Thomaston Expands - 1805 to 1846

"Paine did an extensive business in the lumber trade between here and Liverpool and other foreign ports, his ships returning with salt, coal, dry…"

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Mount Desert Island: Shaped by Nature - Economic History of Main Street, Northeast Harbor - Page 1 of 3

"Beginnings Dock at Northeast Harbor, ca. 1903Jesup Memorial Library Daniel Kimball opened and operated the first store, and the only store for…"

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Home: The Wadsworth-Longfellow House and Portland - The Privy

"… and night soil off of the Commercial Street docks into the Fore River. In 1878, Portland passed an ordinance prohibiting residents from emptying or…"