Maine Memory Network

Thomaston: The Town that Went to Sea - Architecture

"It is a town whose architecture retains the original 19th century flavor of a New England coastal village."

Thomaston: The Town that Went to Sea - Shipbuilding Today

"… world, and continues to produce a line of high-end boats, which uphold Thomaston’s reputation of quality-made vessels."

Western Maine Foothills Region - Regional and Town History

"… Rumford Falls Railroad, or all those stagecoach lines that used to run hither and thither? What was it really like in the spring when the mighty…"

Thomaston: The Town that Went to Sea - Emerson Letter

"This town is one of the oldest in VA. It contains William and Mary’s College, the oldest in the US, excepting Harvard."

Thomaston: The Town that Went to Sea - 1940 to Present Day

"A time-line chiseled into a granite wall in the business section on Main Street highlights important events in the town’s history, and Thomaston…"

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

"The grounds were lined with carts and stands for the sale of liquor, cakes and other refreshments. It took two more years for the structure to be…"

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

"… Creek/River supplied rigging and sheets (ropes or lines used to secure a sail) to hoist sails. Sails were cut and sewn at the sail lofts of…"

Strong, a Mussul Unsquit village - Strong's History - Page 3 of 4

"… got its water through a four- inch distribution line from Day Mountain Pond, but about 30 years ago, there was a landslide at the screen chamber of…"

Thomaston: The Town that Went to Sea - Andrew Anderson

"… you wore their clothes down the line down the line down the line. And uhh… I’ve seen a couple of pictures from the past of school kids that look…"

Strong, a Mussul Unsquit village - Strong's History - Page 4 of 4

"When calling the operator, one had to be patient, because the person you were calling might be talking on another line."

Thomaston: The Town that Went to Sea - Prison Industries

"In the 1930s the line was expanded to include crafts and novelty items. The Carr O’Brien brick building on the opposite corner of Wadsworth Street…"

Strong, a Mussul Unsquit village - The Bridge That Changed The Map

"That boundary change is delineated here with the blue line. Click here for more bridges Return to Online Exhibits"

Strong, a Mussul Unsquit village - National Blue Ribbon School

"Somewhere along the line you will get a chance to step up and take an opportunity." Roger Lambert, who had attended the Strong School as a child when…"

Strong, a Mussul Unsquit village - Prominent Women

"… poem entitled “Rock Me to Sleep,” whose opening lines, “Backward, turn backward, O Time, in your flight, And make me a child again, just for…"

Thomaston: The Town that Went to Sea - The Mall on West Main Street

"It was later set off by fencing and lined with trees by William Keith and other civic-minded citizens, and has since been known as the Mall on West…"

Thomaston: The Town that Went to Sea - Shipbuilding Declines - 1857 to 1861

"… ships’ chandlers, block makers and sawmills lined the south side of Water Street, while the north side was lined with houses of shipworkers…"

Thomaston: The Town that Went to Sea - Edward O'Brien moves to Thomaston - 1850s

"… world, distinguished by a broad unpainted “bright line, some six planks just below the deck beading kept unpainted and clear varnished.” O’Brien…"

Thomaston: The Town that Went to Sea - P.H. Tilson Death Notice

"… force the Confederates to retreat to their next line of defense; the Rappahannock River. The Union Army consisted of 28,000 men and was to assault…"

Thomaston: The Town that Went to Sea - Prison is Established - 1823

"… of limestone thereon, beginning in the southerly line of the county road 100’ westerly of the northwest corner of land conveyed by Lucy Knox to…"

Thomaston: The Town that Went to Sea - Additions and New Wing - 1824 to 1843

"The cells were placed off large halls, lined with windows capable of being moved on pulleys and weights."

Bath's Historic Downtown - The Sagadahock House and The Sagadahoc Block

"The break in the line could have been fixed except the company was not willing to pay more than $100 to Mr. Samuel Purrington. A.S."

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

"… of of your superintendence of my business in that line during the present year, - and, you having agreed with me for that purpose, you will regard…"

Bath's Historic Downtown - History Overview

"Its Greek-Revival lines of brick and granite sill and lintel were repeated throughout “Merchants’ Row” after the fire."

Maine's Swedish Colony, July 23, 1870 - The Colony Continues to Grow, 1874 - 1900

"… first on the high land just across the New Sweden line. Stockholm’s population reached 66 by 1890. By 1895 the Swedish Colony’s population had…"