Keywords: River vessels
Item 33740
Two schooners towed by tug "Joseph W. Baker" up Saco River, ca. 1910
Contributed by: McArthur Public Library Date: circa 1910 Location: Biddeford; Saco Media: Photographic print
Item 33739
Three-masted vessel being towed down Saco River by tug "Joseph W. Baker," ca. 1910
Contributed by: McArthur Public Library Date: circa 1910 Location: Biddeford; Saco Media: Photographic print
Exhibit
Colonial Cartography: The Plymouth Company Maps
The Plymouth Company (1749-1816) managed one of the very early land grants in Maine along the Kennebec River. The maps from the Plymouth Company's collection of records constitute some of the earliest cartographic works of colonial America.
Exhibit
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.
Site Page
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…"
Site Page
Historic Hallowell - Hallowell Waterfront - Page 1 of 2
"… and was the head of navigation for all large vessels. Mr. Page’s Ice House was also located on the waterfront for easy access to ice."
Story
A first encounter with Bath and its wonderful history
by John Decker
Visiting the Maine Maritime Museum as part of a conference
Story
A Note from a Maine-American
by William Dow Turner
With 7 generations before statehood, and 5 generations since, Maine DNA carries on.
