Keywords: sailmaking tools
Item 14550
Sailmaking seam rubber, ca. 1974
Courtesy of Gambell and Hunter Sailmakers, an individual partner Date: circa 1974 Location: Camden Media: Oak
Item 14519
Bench hook used in sailmaking, ca. 1900
Courtesy of Gambell and Hunter Sailmakers, an individual partner Date: circa 1900 Location: Camden Media: Iron, dacron
Exhibit
Camden has been home to generations of fishermen, shipbuilders, sailmakers, and others who make their living through the sea. The lives of two Camden sailmakers, who were born nearly a century apart, became entwined at a small house on Limerock Street.
Site Page
Thomaston: The Town that Went to Sea - Shipbuilding Industry Expands - 1850 to 1857
"The sailmaking business by the same name remains active today in Rockport, ME. Bohndell House, Water Street, Thomaston, Maine 2008Thomaston…"
