Keywords: Rockland wharves
Item 100117
The Harbor from Main Street, Rockland, ca. 1875
Contributed by: Rockland Historical Society Date: circa 1875 Location: Rockland Media: Stereograph
Item 100118
Harbor from Main Street, Rockland, ca. 1875
Contributed by: Rockland Historical Society Date: circa 1875 Location: Rockland Media: Half Stereo View, stereograph
Exhibit
Promoting Rockland Through a Stereopticon, 1875
Frank Crockett and photographer J.P. Armbrust took stereo views of Rockland's downtown, industry, and notable homes in the 1870s as a way to promote tourism to the town.
Exhibit
Jameson & Wotton Wharf, Friendship
Since 1897, the Jameson & Wotton Wharf in Friendship has been an important addition to the community on Muscongus Bay. The wharf, which is accessible at all tides, was a steamboat stop for many years, as well as important to the lobster business.
Site Page
Thomaston: The Town that Went to Sea - Thomaston is Incorporated - 1777
"… of lime and trading at Limestone Hill and the wharves at the river. Sloops were built, making regular trips to Boston to transport lime, staves and…"
Site Page
Islesboro--An Island in Penobscot Bay - Water Transportation
"Later, wharves were constructed at Ryder’s Cove, Hewes Point, Smith’s Landing and, by 1891, at Dark Harbor."
