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Bath's Historic Downtown - History Overview

"… the passions of seven individuals who formed the Marine Research Society of Bath in 1962. In 1975, the name of the organization was officially…"

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Early Maine Photography - Landscape Photography - Page 2 of 3

"… in the center was built for the Maine Fire and Marine Insurance Company in 1803-04 from plans by Alexander Parris."

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Biddeford History & Heritage Project - RESOURCES

"Merchant Sail. Center Lovell, Me.: Fairburn Marine Educational Foundation, 1955. (S) Flagg, James Montgomery. Roses and buckshot. New York: G.P."

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Scarborough: They Called It Owascoag - People Who Called Scarborough Home - Page 1 of 4

"… where he drew inspiration for his famous marine paintings. Lewis L. Litchfield Lewis Litchfield, station agent for the Boston & Maine Railroad in…"

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Scarborough: They Called It Owascoag - Maritime Tales: Shipyards and Shipwrecks - Page 1 of 2

"It is known that local mariners Abraham Perkins and Ira Milliken had two boats built at the landing, one of them a brig named Angelina."

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Surry by the Bay - Nineteenth Century

"There were sea captains (Master Mariners) in the Coggins (four generations), Treworgy, Clark, Haskell and Torrey families."

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Lubec, Maine - Timeline

"… by Portland YMCA • “Klondike” – Electrolytic Marine Salts Co. established in Lubec • First Lubec High School class graduates (1897) 1900s 1900 •…"

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Lubec, Maine - Lubec History

"… birth of another industry – The Electrolytic Marine Salts Company, "Klondike” -- the gold from seawater hoax. Ferry Lubec at Dock, Lubec, ca."

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Blue Hill, Maine - Educating Blue Hill

"This prepared them for marine navigation and exploration, and taught them outdoor skills; things a person could learn in camp today."