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Thomaston Bank, Stereo View, Thomaston, ca. 1865

Thomaston: The Town that Went to Sea - Thomaston Expands - 1805 to 1846

"Paine did an extensive business in the lumber trade between here and Liverpool and other foreign ports, his ships returning with salt, coal, dry…"

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Main Street, Northeast Harbor, ca. 1917

Mount Desert Island: Shaped by Nature - Economic History of Main Street, Northeast Harbor - Page 1 of 3

"Beginnings Dock at Northeast Harbor, ca. 1903Jesup Memorial Library Daniel Kimball opened and operated the first store, and the only store for…"

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Brown Street, Portland, ca. 1875

Home: The Wadsworth-Longfellow House and Portland - The Privy

"… and night soil off of the Commercial Street docks into the Fore River. In 1878, Portland passed an ordinance prohibiting residents from emptying or…"

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'Melissa Trask,' 1884

Surry by the Bay - Nineteenth Century

"A steamboat even docked at Steamboat Wharf on Contention Cove. Started in 1839, the village shipyard was located at the present day town landing."

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Merrill Knight's home.

Western Maine Foothills Region - Peru

"… Peru Center Ferry A horse and wagon are docking at the Peru Center Ferry landinfPeru Historical Society The important feat of this…"