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Historic Hallowell - Schooners, Steamers, Ships and Tankers
The scow schooner, which used a schooner rig on a flat-bottomed, blunt-ended scow hull, was popular in North America for coastal and river transport.
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Highlighting Historical Hampden - Ships
Ships The schooner Victory, Hampden, ca. 1898 Item 28115 infoHampden Historical Society
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Swan's Island: Six miles east of ordinary - Andrew Smith Store
… a mackerel seiner and was the captain of several schooners. Mackerel fishing declined in the late 1800s, and Smith may have turned to shopkeeping…
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Swan's Island: Six miles east of ordinary - Islanders at Work
Early fishing schooner, ca. 1870Item Contributed bySwan's Island Educational Society With the best timber harvested, men turned to the sea for their…
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Historic Hallowell - Commerce on the Kennebec
… famous Hallowell sea captains, the history of schooners and steamboats, hazardous ice cutting, shipping, whaling, and also the waterfront.
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Historic Hallowell - Captains and Their Ships
What you will find under Schooners, Steamers, Ships, and Tankers: Two informational pieces total, one being on the Henry Reed ship.
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Mount Desert Island: Shaped by Nature - The Granite and Ice Industries
Sometimes as many as 10 three-masted schooners were lined up, waiting for stone. Stone from the island was used in buildings all over the country.
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Highlighting Historical Hampden - Shipyards
Shipyards The schooner Victory, Hampden, circa 1898Item Contributed byHampden Historical Society Text by Karyn Field The Penobscot River was…
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Historic Hallowell - Transportation Challenge
The Hallowell Granite works had two large schooners named the Jeremiah T. Smith and the Edward H. Smith. The Jeremiah T.
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Thomaston: The Town that Went to Sea - Early Wharves and Yards - 1795 to 1825
The following year he launched the schooner “Wessaweskeag”, the schooner “Quantabacook” and a brig of an unknown name.
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Thomaston: The Town that Went to Sea - Henry Knox: Shipping
… major ships that he had built in Thomaston: the schooner Montpelier (named for his mansion), built in 1803 by H.
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Schooner Edna Hoyt, Thomaston, circa 1920Item Contributed byThomaston Historical Society The last large schooner built in Thomaston was the 5-masted…
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The name of this ship was the Lively, which weighed 102-tons. “Those that stayed with the schooner until 10 October 1852 went to their deaths”, says…
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Highlighting Historical Hampden - Expansion
The schooner Dispatch built in 1793 is recorded as the first ship built in one of Hampden’s four shipyards.
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Scarborough: They Called It Owascoag - Maritime Tales: Shipyards and Shipwrecks - Page 2 of 2
Thomas The Washington B. Thomas was a five-masted schooner of a type called a fore-and-after. A fore-and-after schooner was extremely economical…
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Around 1861 the first two schooners specially equipped for carrying ice, were loaded in the Saco River with ice cut during the long winter and sent…
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Thomaston: The Town that Went to Sea - General Henry Knox Museum
Summer teacher institute on the historic schooner Bowdoin X Montpelier is open for guided tours Memorial Day weekend through Columbus Day Tuesday…
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Thomaston: The Town that Went to Sea - Edward O'Brien moves to Thomaston - 1850s
… vessels launched, ranging in size from pinkies to schooners and barges to full-rigged ships called Down Easters.
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Biddeford History & Heritage Project - Shipbuilding in Biddeford: Lore, Leaders, and Legacy
… Lore, Leaders, and Legacy 3-masted schooner towed by tug boat in Saco River, ca. 1910McArthur Public Library Shipyard stamp, Co.
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Portland Press Herald Glass Negative Collection - Wiscasset's Arctic Connection
Wiscasset's Arctic Connection Schooner Bowdoin, backing off the pier, Wiscasset, 1926 View the Wiscasset's Arctic Connection Slide Show Text…
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Thomaston: The Town that Went to Sea - Shipbuilding During and after the Civil War - 1861 to 1900
… a change of design from square-riggers to schooners to stay competitive. Sail plans were greatly reduced, requiring fewer crewmembers, and ships’…
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Highlighting Historical Hampden - Expansion
The schooner Dispatch, built in 1793, is recorded as the first ship built in one of Hampden’s four shipyards.
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Swan's Island: Six miles east of ordinary - Kids at the quarry
Kids at the quarry Artifacts found by students at Baird's Quarry Item 67395 infoSwan's Island Educational Society 3rd-5th grade Swan's…
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Swan's Island: Six miles east of ordinary - Kids at the quarry
Kids at the quarry Students exploring Baird's Quarry Item 67390 infoSwan's Island Educational Society Kim Colbeth's 3-5 grade class…