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Early Maine Photography - Post-Mortem & Mourning

"… was taken by his father Enos Crocket, an early Rockland photographer. This daguerreotype of Johnnie Crockett remained in the family until it joined…"

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Rockland Historical Society

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Music in Maine - Community Music

"… and a way for us to give back to the City of Rockland for their support. The club crawl is free for everyone, letting locals who could not afford a…"

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Architecture & Landscape database - Maine Architectural Renderings

"… the Rickers, who acquired the Bay Point Hotel in Rockland in 1902, renaming it the Samoset Hotel. That year Wilkinson provided the Rickers with a…"

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Blue Hill, Maine - In Search of the Rustic Life

"… where a steamship transported people to and from Rockland. Train travel was somewhat more difficult and required a fourteen-mile coach or carriage…"

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Blue Hill, Maine - Discover the Story of Blue Hill - Page 3 of 4

"… that met their passengers at the railhead in Rockland. They disembarked at the wharves on Peters’ Point or Parker Point where they might be met by…"

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Thomaston: The Town that Went to Sea - Sources

"… Maine for Young Readers Lakeside Printing, Rockland, ME, Printer 1994 Groves, Marlene A. Vital Records of Thomaston, ME Picton Press, Rockport…"

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Thomaston: The Town that Went to Sea - Sources

"… Maine for Young Readers Lakeside Printing, Rockland, ME, Printer 1994 Groves, Marlene A. Vital Records of Thomaston, ME Picton Press, Rockport…"

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Thomaston: The Town that Went to Sea - Sources

"… Maine for Young Readers Lakeside Printing, Rockland, ME, Printer 1994 Groves, Marlene A. Vital Records of Thomaston, ME Picton Press, Rockport…"

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Thomaston: The Town that Went to Sea - Sources

"… Maine for Young Readers Lakeside Printing, Rockland, ME, Printer 1994 Groves, Marlene A. Vital Records of Thomaston, ME Picton Press, Rockport…"

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Islesboro--An Island in Penobscot Bay - Our Resources

"… Island Institute, PO Box 648, 386 Main Street, Rockland, ME 04841, 594.9209 www.islandinstitute.org Penobscot Marine Museum, PO Box 498, 5 Church…"

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John Martin: Expert Observer - Steamer "Bangor," 1847

"They had not considered the tide -- and the bottom propeller prevented the vessel from getting into Rockland harbor at low tide."

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Salmon Brook Historical Society

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Bath's Historic Downtown - The Railroad Station

"The earliest train ferries, the City of Rockland and the Hercules, could only carry passenger and freight cars."

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Thomaston: The Town that Went to Sea - Tillson Testimonial

"A History of Thomaston, Maine for Young Readers. Rockland: Lakeside Printing, 1994. Secondary Source This book describes how many soldiers from…"

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Islesboro--An Island in Penobscot Bay - Water Transportation

"… ferry boat, the Governor Brann, was launched in Rockland, Maine, in May of 1936. The Brann was 65 feet long, had a beam of 27 feet, and was powered…"

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Thomaston: The Town that Went to Sea - Henry Knox: Sources

"… Museum G-1-04 Eaton, Cyrus History of Thomaston, Rockland and South Thomaston, Maine Hallowell, ME: Masters & Smith Co., Printers, 1865."

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Architecture & Landscape database - Elmer I. Thomas

"… Block in Lewiston (1892), the Syndicate Block in Rockland (1892), Brunswick High School (1892), and the McLain School in Rockland (1892)."

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Thomaston: The Town that Went to Sea - Atticus: A Fugitive Slave

"Bibliography Eaton, Cyrus. History of Thomaston, Rockland, and South Thomaston, Maine. Hallowell: Masters, Smith &Co., Printers, 1865."

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Peary-MacMillan Arctic Museum and Arctic Studies Center

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Thomaston: The Town that Went to Sea - 1870 to 1915

"on Route One between Thomaston and Rockland. In 1926 the Lawrence Portland Cement Company took over the business, and within a year began the…"

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Mount Desert Island: Shaped by Nature - Arriving in Bar Harbor

"… reported: “Thirteen years ago the little steamer Rockland made one trip a week between Rockland and Millbridge, touching at Bar Harbor."

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Thomaston: The Town that Went to Sea - Early Shipbuilders - 1780s

"… were built by individuals in South Thomaston and Rockland, which were then part of Thomaston. At first, raw materials were plentiful."

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Thomaston: The Town that Went to Sea - Shipbuilding

"In the “History of Thomaston, Rockland and South Thomaston”, Cyrus Eaton refers to a Province sloop kept in the area for transport of settlers and…"