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

"… shooks at McCurdy's, Lubec, 1998Lubec Landmarks Herring boxes: The photograph shows several items important for the sixth step of the process in…"

Lubec, Maine - McCurdy Herring Smokehouse - Page 3 of 4

"… Section 2: Six Steps in Producing Smoked Herring: 1990 and 1896 Sluicing the herring into wooden tanks."

Lubec Landmarks

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Lubec, Maine - Lubec History

"… 45 weirs operating in town with 500,000 boxes of herring smoked annually. By 1879 many of the 74 smokehouses were idle."

Lubec, Maine - Timeline

"Became national leader in smoked herring production into 1880s 1824 • Solomon Cushing conducts survey of town of Lubec • Freemasons opened lodge 1830…"

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

"The sardines canned there were really little herring, the same fish that provided the basis of the other mainstay fishery industry in the area…"

Northeast Historic Film

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Guilford, Maine - The Next Fifty Years 1916-1966

"Charles Herring started a slaughterhouse. The American Legion Hall was built and operated a bowling alley and pool tables."

Blue Hill, Maine - Discover the Story of Blue Hill - Page 4 of 4

"Local men fished through the ice for smelt in the winter, packing them with snow in boxes and shipping them by train from Ellsworth to Boston."