Keywords: Ocean vessels
Item 104874
Do you know what this is?
Contributed by: Maine Historical Society/MaineToday Media Date: circa 1920 Media: Glass Negative
Item 102350
Joseph Murray and friends on deck of the R.M.S. Scythia, 1927
Contributed by: Maine Historical Society Date: 1927 Location: Portland; Boston; Le Havre Media: Photographic print
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The rocky coastline of Cape Elizabeth has sent many vessels to their watery graves.
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Navy Firefighting School, Little Chebeague Island
Little Chebeague Island in Casco Bay was home to recreational facilities and a firefighting school for WWII sailors. The school was part of a Navy effort to have non-firefighting personnel knowledgeable in dealing with shipboard fires.
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Historic Hallowell - Seaport on the Kennebec
"From early April to late November, ocean-going vessels sailed up the Kennebec, forty-six miles from the open Atlantic, bringing Pennsylvania flour…"
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Historic Hallowell - Hallowell Ship Captains
"… other places on the other side of the Atlantic Ocean. At the outbreak of the Civil War 1861, Agry retired."
