Keywords: Loading docks
Item 27760
Coal docks, Factory Island, Biddeford, ca. 1912
Contributed by: McArthur Public Library Date: 1912 Location: Biddeford Media: Photographic print
Item 102112
Loading at old wharf, Norcross, ca. 1900
Contributed by: Norcross Heritage Trust Date: circa 1900 Location: Indian Purchase Township No. 3 Media: Photographic print
Exhibit
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
After the canoe, steamboats became the favored method of transportation on Moosehead Lake. They revolutionized movement of logs and helped promote tourism in the region.
Site Page
Islesboro--An Island in Penobscot Bay - Water Transportation
"… $3,000 a year over a ten year period.” The ferry docks on Islesboro and in Lincolnville were maintained by the State of Maine."
Site Page
Swan's Island: Six miles east of ordinary - Baird's Quarry history
"Quarry rails from the quarry dock to the quarry, Swan's Island, ca. 1900Swan's Island Historical Society The pinkish buff granite from it was medium…"
