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Swan's Island: Six miles east of ordinary - Quarrying

"Boats under sail (in the 1890s) or steam boats, soon thereafter, would come into Burnt Coat Harbor and collect brick sized cut stone."

Swan's Island: Six miles east of ordinary - III. Boom, bustle, bust: The Steamboat Years to WWII

"Swan’s Island’s final steam boat, the North Haven, was commandeered for war service in 1941. Over sixty years of steam service, two captains and…"

Swan's Island: Six miles east of ordinary - Kids at the quarry

"… left in the granite to boilers that generated the steam power for the quarry tools. The kids even got to get their hands dirty as they excavated…"

Swan's Island: Six miles east of ordinary - Baird's Quarry history

"… huge derricks, and boiler houses to run the steam drills sprang up on the hill. Quarry rails from the quarry dock to the quarry, Swan's…"

Islesboro--An Island in Penobscot Bay - Summer Resorts

"… its first summer population in 1868 when the steam boats made regular trips between Bangor and Ryder Landing."

Surry by the Bay - Sawmills of Cunningham Ridge

"It was a small steam powered mill with a round rotary saw. The carriage, which moved the lumber along the saw, was short and referred to by locals as…"

Surry by the Bay - Nineteenth Century

"… was blessed by nature/With her harbor, hills and steams/The streams that furnished water power/Before days we knew of steam."

John Martin: Expert Observer - Revenue gunboat "Mahoning," Bangor, 1864

"… & sketched her from the Brick Wharf oposite Steam Boat wharf. I then went on board & examined her machinery guns & work generally which was all…"

John Martin: Expert Observer - First Penobscot Bridge, Bangor, ca. 1846

"… recollection, the First Penobscot Bridge from Steam Boat wharf in Bangor. He labeled the toll house, Skinner's Store, and the Draw."

Biddeford History & Heritage Project - V. A Cascade of Booms & Busts (1790-1865) - Page 2 of 3

"… full of firsts for Biddeford: the opening of the steam railroad (only 5 hours to Boston!), the first "block" built, the first bank, the first fire…"

Thomaston: The Town that Went to Sea - The End of Wooden Shipbuilding - 1910 to 1950

"When steam replaced wind power, most of the stately sailing ships were stripped of their spars and rigging and turned into barges for hauling coal…"

Historic Hallowell - Schooners, Steamers, Ships and Tankers

"Cliff was a schooner that had competition from steam-powered freighters during the Great Depression. In 1941, the "Zebedee E. Cliff" and the "Maude M."

Mount Desert Island: Shaped by Nature - Activities for Rusticators

"… bays or lakes (powered by oar, paddle, sail or steam)? Brave an island tour in a buckboard? Stroll a field and pick wildflowers? Some combination…"

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

"Steam mills and blockmakers were located at both ends of Water Street, and there were lumber mills to provide for both ship planking and house…"

Blue Hill, Maine - Shipbuilding: An Important Early Industry

"Blue Hill could not adapt to building these new boats at that time, but today the Blue Hill Peninsula still has several boatyards, so in some ways…"

Historic Hallowell - Ice Cutting and Ice Houses on the Bombahook

"… to line up the blocks that were lifted by the steam hoist. Byron Weston's ox team (picture shown below) was first used to haul blocks of ice from…"

Historic Hallowell - Ice Cutting and Ice Houses on the Bombahook

"… to line up the blocks that were lifted by the steam hoist. Byron Weston's ox team (picture shown below) was first used to haul blocks of ice from…"

Lubec, Maine - Klondike: Lubec's Gold from Sea Water Hoax

"… a telephone line, bridge over the canal and a steam launch, named The Gold Bug, were constructed."

Lubec, Maine - Lubec History

"… 1880 the era of sail had given way to the rise of steam powered vessels. A group of businessmen formed a committee to build wharves that would…"

Mantor Library, University of Maine Farmington

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