Keywords: schooners
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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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Biddeford History & Heritage Project - Shipbuilding
She was an 88 ton, 67 foot two-masted topsail schooner in regular service between the Saco and Boston.
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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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Biddeford History & Heritage Project - Shipbuilding
Shipbuilding Tug "Joseph W. Baker" towing schooner up Saco River, ca. 1910 Item 33694 infoMcArthur Public Library After the closure of the…
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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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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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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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Biddeford History & Heritage Project - Shipbuilding
Shipbuilding Coal schooners, Biddeford docks, 1912 Item 27768 infoMcArthur Public Library On the Biddeford side, the earliest shipbuilders…
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Biddeford History & Heritage Project - Shipbuilding
Shipbuilding Schooner 'William Booth' on Saco River, ca. 1905 Item 27764 infoMcArthur Public Library Perkins and the other smaller…
