Search Results

Keywords: wharf

Historical Items

View All Showing 2 of 354 Showing 3 of 354

Item 80347

Application to extend the wharf, 1896

Contributed by: Havener family through Friendship Museum Date: 1896 Location: Friendship Media: Pencil on paper

  view a full transcription

Item 27766

Schooner Petrel at Biddeford Pool wharf, 1911

Contributed by: McArthur Public Library Date: circa 1911 Location: Biddeford Media: Photographic print

Item 81062

Steamer Katahdin, Greenville Junction Wharf, ca. 1910

Contributed by: Moosehead Historical Society Date: circa 1910 Location: Greenville Media: Photographic print

Tax Records

View All Showing 2 of 263 Showing 3 of 263

Item 86151

Central Wharf, Portland, 1924

Owner in 1924: Central Wharf Proprietors

Item 86154

Storage, Central Wharf, Portland, 1924

Owner in 1924: Central Wharf Proprietors Use: Storage

Item 93800

Storage, Union Wharf, Portland, 1924

Owner in 1924: Proprietors Union Wharf Use: Storage

Architecture & Landscape

View All Showing 2 of 4 Showing 3 of 4

Item 111800

Richardson Wharf Company alterations, Portland, 1922

Contributed by: Maine Historical Society Date: 1922 Location: Portland Client: Richardson Wharf Co. Architect: John Calvin Stevens and John Howard Stevens Architects

Item 109293

Northern Chemical Industries superphosphate plant, Searsport, 1943-1944

Contributed by: Maine Historical Society Date: 1943–1944 Location: Searsport Client: Northern Chemical Industries Inc. Architect: Eaton W. Tarbell

Item 109691

Plan of Amusement Hall, Boothbay Harbor, 1891

Contributed by: Maine Historical Society Date: 1891 Location: Boothbay Harbor Client: unknown Architect: George M. Coombs

Online Exhibits

View All Showing 2 of 26 Showing 3 of 26

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.

Exhibit

John Hancock's Relation to Maine

The president of the Continental Congress and the Declaration's most notable signatory, John Hancock, has ties to Maine through politics, and commercial businesses, substantial property, vacations, and family.

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.

Site Pages

View All Showing 2 of 76 Showing 3 of 76

Site Page

Thomaston: The Town that Went to Sea - Henry Knox: Wharf, Store and Blacksmith Shop

… as early as 1792, and was known either as Knox’s wharf, or Vose’s wharf. According to Eaton, Knox erected a large store which was managed by…

Site Page

John Martin: Expert Observer - Alonzo E. Raynes diving off wharf, Hampden, ca. 1840

Alonzo E. Raynes diving off wharf, Hampden, ca. 1840 Contributed by Maine Historical Society and Maine State Museum Description Alonzo E.

Site Page

Swan's Island: Six miles east of ordinary - Extra quarry pictures

Extra quarry pictures Dragger at Quarry Wharf, Swan's Island, ca. 1900 Item 72364 infoSwan's Island Educational Society A section of the…

My Maine Stories

View All Showing 2 of 3 Showing 3 of 3

Story

What does a warming climate mean for Maine?
by David Reidmiller

Climate change affects all aspects of life. What does this mean for Maine?

Story

A Splash of Water
by Marilyn Weymouth Seguin

Reminisce of a lifetime on Little Sebago Lake

Story

Monument Square 1967
by C. Michael Lewis

The background story and research behind a commissioned painting of Monument Square.