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Limestone quarry, Thomaston, ca. 1880

Thomaston: The Town that Went to Sea - Henry Knox: Lime Works

"… near the old Fort Wharf, located at the base of Knox Street, near where the Knox mansion had stood. Thomaston Historical Society Mr."

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District of Maine map, 1795

Thomaston: The Town that Went to Sea - Thomaston is Incorporated - 1777

"Knox, commander of the American artillery in the Revolution, Secretary of War from 1785 to 1794 and close friend of George Washington, left his…"

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Site of Vose's Wharf, Thomaston, Maine 2009

Thomaston: The Town that Went to Sea - Early Wharves and Yards - 1795 to 1825

"… and stores on the lower bank on Knox Street (Fort Wharf), where he established a shipyard. Montpelier still stood on the hill overlooking the…"

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Map of Lincoln, Thomaston, Maine in 1719

Thomaston: The Town that Went to Sea - Early History - 1719 to 1740

"George (the area later known as Fort Wharf), the fort was located at the southeastern side of lower Knox Street, currently the site of the Lyman…"

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Map of Waterfront, Thomaston, Maine 1855

Thomaston: The Town that Went to Sea - Shipbuilding Industry Expands - 1850 to 1857

"… a large-scale shipbuilding business at Fort Wharf on lower Knox Street. Chapman and Flint laid out a new yard on the Narrows (a narrowing of the…"

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Thomaston: The Town that Went to Sea - U.S. Flagship Hartford

"Lately, we have been attacking Fort Jackson. Admiral Farragut has high hopes for success on this voyage."

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Fales Edgarton House, Thomaston, ca. 1870

Thomaston: The Town that Went to Sea - Emerson Letter

"… within one third of a mile of their principal fort, Magruder, while they peppered away at us all day with shot and shell, some of which struck and…"

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View of cars coming to Surry, 1917

Surry by the Bay - Resources

"… Lane, Surry Historical Society, Spring 1995 INTERNET Fort Knox.maineguide.com/history of Penobscot.html en.wikipedia.org/wiki/History_of_Maine"

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Plan of J. Robinson lot, Topsham, 1761

Beyond Borders - Mapping Maine and the Northeast Boundary - Women in Colonial Economies - Page 4 of 4

"… Woodside, May 14, 1738, Microfilm of the Henry Knox Papers, vol. 40, item 31. 3. James Berry and Rachel Berry Deed to Proprietors (1716)…"

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Emery O. Bonsey, Newbury Neck, ca. 1910

Surry by the Bay - Early Twentieth Century

"… River from Prospect to Buckport, just upriver of Fort Knox. Otherwise they had to travel all the way to Bangor and down US Route 1A to Surry."