Keywords: sea traffic
Item 6152
Clipper ship the "Portland," ca. 1850
Contributed by: Maine Historical Society Date: circa 1850 Location: Portland Media: Oil on canvas
Item 69888
The Marginal Way, Ogunquit, ca. 1938
Contributed by: Boston Public Library Date: circa 1938 Location: Ogunquit Media: Linen texture postcard
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
Scientist, author and explorer Donald B. MacMillan established Wiscasset as his homeport for many of the voyages he made to the Arctic region starting in the early 1920s.
Site Page
Lubec, Maine - Building the Roosevelt Bridge to Campobello - Page 1 of 3
"Clearing ship traffic required a six percent grade reaching 48 feet above high tide at the point of greatest elevation."
Site Page
Swan's Island: Six miles east of ordinary - III. Boom, bustle, bust: The Steamboat Years to WWII
"… second largest form of employment and source of traffic in island harbors. During the busy years, the increase in workers had a visible result on…"
