Maine Memory Network

Lubec, Maine - The Lighthouse at West Quoddy Head

"The Lighthouse at West Quoddy Head by Ronald Pesha, West Quoddy Head Light Keepers Assoc., Inc. Images from the organization's collection…"

Lubec, Maine - Myron Avery, Lubec, and the Appalachian Trail

"Myron Avery, Lubec, and the Appalachian Trail by Ronald Pesha, Lubec Historical Society Who was Myron Haliburton Avery? The first 2000-miler of the…"

Lubec, Maine - Exhibits

"Exhibits Committee Exhibits: Team members created individual exhibits (web pages) exploring some of the unique aspects of Lubec’s history."

Lubec, Maine - The Gardner Lake Tragedy - Page 2 of 2

"The Gardner Lake Tragedy The fifth graders observations “One day in 1936 school children went to spend the end of the year by going on a boat at…"

Lubec, Maine - The Gardner Lake Tragedy - Page 1 of 2

"The Gardner Lake Tragedy Miriam Kelley as a young woman X Images from the family of Miriam Kelley Doherty Research and text by Seth Doherty…"

Historic Hallowell - Commerce on the Kennebec

"… ice cutting, shipping, whaling, and also the waterfront. This exhibit was created in 2011 by the 7th Grade students at Hall-Dale Middle School."

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

"Map of Waterfront, Thomaston, Maine 1855Thomaston Historical Society Maps from 1855 to 1875 identify shipyards on Water Street under the following…"

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

"… the 93-ton sloop “Quicklime.” By the 1820s, waterfront-shipping activities had been relocated to the George's River from Mill Creek/River."

Historic Hallowell - Captains and Their Ships

"… Moore Captain Arthur Moore at the Hallowell Waterfront. X Anne Wallace, Josh Benner, Shelby Ward, Jacob Crockett, Shania St."

Swan's Island: Six miles east of ordinary - Redmen's Hall

"Redmen's Hall Waterfront with steamboat, Swan's Island, ca. 1920Swan's Island Historical Society The Improved Order of Red Men was a national…"

Historic Hallowell - Important Buildings and Institutions

"… vibrant business district and along the restored waterfront, provides clues to America's past, and to a world all but vanished."

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

"… 1878Thomaston Historical Society Thomaston’s waterfront has seen over 1,000 vessels launched, ranging in size from pinkies to schooners and barges…"

Beyond Borders - Mapping Maine and the Northeast Boundary - Pejepscot Proprietors Biographies - Page 1 of 2

"Much of his waterfront business centered around the representation of London firms in the colonies. Because of his success, Jefferies role in the…"

Life on a Tidal River - The Great Bangor Floods: 1902 and 1976

"And each time the city rebuilt its waterfront, it created a new look for Bangor. Flood, Bangor, 1902 Looking down Broad st."

Maine Maritime Museum

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Historic Hallowell - Commerce on the Kennebec Citations

"Waterfronts work cited page Webber, Sam. Online interview. 26 Apr. 11. Webber, Sumner A. Personal interview. 12 Mar. 2011. Webber, Sumner A."

Islesboro--An Island in Penobscot Bay - Our Resources

"… 548.2529 www.penobscotmarinemuseum.org Working Waterfront, news publication, Island Institute, PO Box 648, 386 Main Street, Rockland, ME 04841…"

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

"… Industry Expands - 1850 to 1857 Map of Waterfront, Thomaston, Maine 1855Thomaston Historical Society In 1853 Alexander McCallum and E."

Life on a Tidal River - Bangor: Lumber Capital of the World

"… 1837Bangor Historical Society Lumber along waterfront, Bangor, ca. 1860Bangor Historical Society Text by 7th grade Maine Studies students of…"

Mount Desert Island: Shaped by Nature - The Bryants and Rockefellers: Two Seal Harbor Families

"… and caring for David Rockefeller’s boats and waterfront property soon after this decision. As the Rockefellers began to spend more time in Seal…"

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

"… the bank of the river, just upriver of where the Waterfront Market on Wadsworth Street now stands. Knox’s wastebook is riddled with references to…"

Life on a Tidal River - The Bangor Fire of 1911 - Page 1 of 2

"… the wooden warehouses along Bangor’s working waterfront. Strong winds quickly spread the fire across the Kenduskeag Stream and burned the Fairbanks…"

Rum, Riot, and Reform - A Call to Temperance

"… depiction of drinkers in a Clay Cove (Portland waterfront) saloon, clearly depicts Irish-Americans in a cartoon style with the hat and pipe still…"

Bath's Historic Downtown - History Overview

"Waterfront and downtown Bath, 1851Patten Free Library The boom time of the early and mid 1850s molded other aspects of Bath’s landscape as the…"