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Farmington: Franklin County's Shiretown - Corn Canning Industry

"… Cooperative, established in 1929 was the last cannery to disappear from Farmington’s landscape in 1969."

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Lubec, Maine - Canning Sardines in Lubec: Technology, the Syndicate and Labor

"… to have their youngest members work in the canneries; thus, his comment about the Lawrence cannery photo above."

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Farmington: Franklin County's Shiretown - WWI Impact on Farmington's Agriculture

"Wesley Pratt cannery put up over 7,000 cases of string beans in 1918 and Burnham and Morrill who owned corn canneries, offered 5 cents per pound, a…"

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Scarborough: They Called It Owascoag - Catch of the Day: Clamming and Lobstering - Page 1 of 4

"Other canneries used “unsoaked” clams, as “soaked” clams lost not only color, but flavor. Pine Point clam diggers sold many bushels of clams to…"

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Mount Desert Island: Shaped by Nature - Guiding Services for Sport Hunters

"In 1880 young William set up a fish cannery in Southwest Harbor and oversaw the operation for two decades."

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Lubec, Maine - McCurdy Herring Smokehouse - Page 1 of 4

"… was densely crowded with smokehouses, sardine canneries, lumber and coal businesses out on the wharves."

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Lubec, Maine - Susie Calder: Lubec's Sardine Queen

"… 12 children, how did she have time to work in the canneries? S: Well, that was when we got older. She worked in the factory when I went to work."

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Mount Desert Island: Shaped by Nature - Building Community and Commerce

"The Underwood cannery opened in Southwest Harbor in 1850. Lobster was its main product. Though men did most of the heavy lifting at the factory…"

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Scarborough: They Called It Owascoag - Catch of the Day: Clamming and Lobstering - Page 2 of 4

"… operation by buying equipment from a defunct corn cannery. The original brand name was Ossipee, but Snow soon began using his family name."

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Swan's Island: Six miles east of ordinary - Islanders at Work

"… were also able to support industries such as a cannery, several fish factories both fresh and for salting, blacksmiths, coopers, a medicinal fish…"

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Farmington: Franklin County's Shiretown - Agriculture

"Jones. It was located at the east end of the Center bridge and was there for nearly 50 years. Six to eight canneries operated in Farmington Falls…"

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Cumberland & North Yarmouth - Representative Industries of Cumberland and North Yarmouth

"Merrill Bros. label X Canneries A canning factory was established by Merrill Brothers at Cumberland Junction in 1881."

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Cumberland & North Yarmouth - Our Shared History - Page 3 of 4

"… was sufficient enough to support at least two canneries, which handled vegetables, fruits and meat."

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Lubec, Maine - Lubec History

"Lawrence Cannery Camps, North Lubec, 1955Lubec Memorial Library In 1880 Moses P. Lawrence, Henry Dodge and Julius Wolff established a sardine…"