Maine Memory Network

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

"… Maine 1855Thomaston Historical Society In 1823 Captain Richard Robinson acquired rights to the wharves and stores on the lower bank on Knox Street…"

Thomaston: The Town that Went to Sea - JP Cilley Ledger From Post

"§ Promoted to Captain October 4, 1861. § Participated in his first battle at Middletown, Virginia on May 24, 1862."

Thomaston: The Town that Went to Sea - Henry Knox: The Old Church on the Hill

"… of Mill River, upon a piece of land conveyed by Captain David Fales which was about 116 feet wide and 109 feet deep."

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

"Within a year, Captain Simon Shibles built a ship with Maxcy and Mathews on his land north of the Narrows."

Thomaston: The Town that Went to Sea - Shipbuilding During and after the Civil War - 1861 to 1900

"… two major shipyards of Burgess and O’Brien and Captain Samuel Watts produced several Down Easters, a practical replacement for the clipper ships."

Swan's Island: Six miles east of ordinary - Islanders at Work

"… With the best timber harvested, men turned to the sea for their livelihood rather than leave the island."

Historic Hallowell - Commerce on the Kennebec

"… shipbuilding in Hallowell, very famous Hallowell sea captains, the history of schooners and steamboats, hazardous ice cutting, shipping, whaling…"

Swan's Island: Six miles east of ordinary - V. Changing times: the Swan’s Island Ferry

"… settlers scraped a living from the soil and the sea. Here you will still find a community of a different nature, where even strangers wave to each…"

Swan's Island: Six miles east of ordinary - III. Boom, bustle, bust: The Steamboat Years to WWII

"… in hard times Swan’s Islanders turned to the sea to make ends meet—fishing for their family’s food and for profit."

Biddeford History & Heritage Project - V. A Cascade of Booms & Busts (1790-1865) - Page 1 of 3

"Veterans Captain Seth Spring and Captain Moses Bradbury built homes and multiple saw mills on what became known as Spring's Island in the 1790s."

Historic Hallowell - Transportation Challenge

"… after a Connecticut oyster king and skippered by Captain Lyman W. Lyons of New Haven. Captain Lyman W. Lyons, Hallowell, ca."

Early Maine Photography - Occupational Photography

"Captain Gross lived in Brunswick and Topsham until his death in 1855 at the age of 45. Slightly later in time is the ambrotype of Captain Lewis…"

Blue Hill, Maine - Mary Ellen Chase

"… Society Mary Ellen Chase, the granddaughter of a sea captain, was born and grew up in Blue Hill at the end of the nineteenth century."

Swan's Island: Six miles east of ordinary - Welcome to Swan's Island!

"… continue the tradition of living off the sea that was started when the first human foot hit island shores."

Swan's Island: Six miles east of ordinary - Holiday Events

"… commemorating those whose lives were lost at sea. Potato races, Swan's Island, ca. 1950Swan's Island Historical Society Swan Islander’s would…"

Historic Hallowell - Shipbuilders, Sailors and Whaling Men

"One, Captain John Drew, adopted the pen name “Kennebecker” and for 17 years wrote a popular column about life at sea for the Boston Journal."

Swan's Island: Six miles east of ordinary - I. Canoes and Clamshells: The Pre-European Settlement Years

"… shells, though there are also remains of oysters, sea urchins, fish, waterfowl and deer. Their size and quantity suggest longer periods of use…"

Swan's Island: Six miles east of ordinary - II. Pinkies, wherries, skiffs and chebaccos: Early Settlement

"… the area, taking advantage of the forest and sea. Champlain voyaged along this coast in 1604, naming islands as he traveled."

Historic Hallowell - Seaport on the Kennebec

"… to boys who wished to pursue careers at sea. Good navigators produced good profits. Edward Preble Norton observed that in Hallowell at the time…"

Historic Clothing Collection - 1850-1870 - Page 1 of 4

"… is a reminder that, probably thanks to local sea captains, some Maine ladies received lengths of the Chinese silks made for the Western market."

Historic Hallowell - Shipping

"… got a new shipping material(another item) the captain would write it all down in his captains log which contains the item, how much it costs, and…"

Early Maine Photography - Groups - Page 1 of 2

"… than an inscription that links them to a Bath sea captain. Equally shrouded in mystery is the daguerreotype of five girls, including one with a…"

Historic Hallowell - A Chosen Place ~ Once Again

"… she will still send them forth to every mountain, plain and sea, perhaps, and may they do as well as those who are now citizens of every land."

Scarborough: They Called It Owascoag - Historical Overview - Page 1 of 4

"… to the Black Point River, back one mile from the sea and including Stratton's Islands. Cammock arrived in 1633 from Piscataqua, where he'd been the…"