Maine Memory Network

Cumberland & North Yarmouth - Representative Industries of Cumberland and North Yarmouth

"… Yarmouth 1850s shipyardBrick Store Museum Shipbuilding In 1812, the area that later became Cumberland Foreside was the location of the Spear…"

Blue Hill, Maine - Meet Blue Hill's Project Team

"… 8th grade class contributed the exhibit on Shipbuilding and Seafaring in Blue Hill. Students from Mr. Cole's and Ms."

Mount Desert Island: Shaped by Nature - Rustication

"Local carpenters and shipbuilders and local families built and owned the new hotels and the supporting businesses."

Malaga Island: a story best left untold - Explore photos from the "Malaga Island: A Story Best Left Untold" documentary

"Traditional industries like wooden shipbuilding and fishing declined precipitously. By the early 1900’s, the state of Maine, including costal towns…"

Acadian Archives

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Islesboro--An Island in Penobscot Bay - Businesses and Cottage Industries

"… that many were involved in harvesting of wood for shipbuilding and heating purposes. Also, early notations in "Vital Records of Islesboro" indicate…"

Bath's Historic Downtown - Intersection of Centre and Washington

"Shipbuilders needed clothes, gloves, boots and more, and they turned to Sears Roebuck for affordable clothing."

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

"The Patten family were also shipbuilders and at one point had the largest fleet in the world under a family flag."

Blue Hill, Maine - Educating Blue Hill

"… various mills, including a cotton mill, and was a shipbuilder. In the early nineteenth century he was a very successful man, yet he only built one…"

Islesboro--An Island in Penobscot Bay - Historical Overview

"… the first half of the 19th century, shipping and shipbuilding was a significant part of Islesboro’s economy."