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LC Subject Heading: Shipbuilding

Historical Items

These results include photographs, documents, letters, paintings, artifacts, and many other kinds of Maine related items from collections around the state and elsewhere.


Item 9368

Ship building agreement, Phippsburg, 1847

Contributed by: Maine Historical Society Date: 1847 Location: Phippsburg; Bath Media: Ink on paper

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Item 13977

Russell Shipbuilding Company yard, Portland, 1919

Contributed by: Maine Historical Society Date: 1919 Location: Portland Media: Oil on canvas

Item 9538

List of vessels built in Brunswick, ca. 1900

Contributed by: Maine Historical Society Date: 1781–1797 Media: Ink on paper

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Item 12121

Ship on runway, South Portland, 1905

Contributed by: Maine Historical Society Date: 1905 Location: South Portland Media: Photographic print

Item 102855

Interior view of Cumberland Shipbuilding Company, South Portland, ca. 1917

Contributed by: Maine Historical Society Date: circa 1917 Location: South Portland Media: Photographic print

Item 21564

Cumberland Shipbuilding, South Portland, ca. 1918

Contributed by: Maine Historical Society Date: circa 1918 Location: South Portland Media: Photographic print

Item 27790

John Bailey to Edward E. O'Brien, Thomaston, 1861

Contributed by: Thomaston Historical Society Date: 1861-03-22 Location: Thomaston; Owens Ferry Media: Ink on paper

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Item 7467

Launching of the four-mast bark ROANOKE, 1892

Contributed by: Maine Maritime Museum Date: 1892-09-20 Location: Bath Media: Glass Negative

Item 7468

Tramp steamer WINIFRED, 1898

Contributed by: Maine Maritime Museum Date: 1898 Media: Glass Negative

Item 9402

Receipt for lumber, 1856

Contributed by: Maine Historical Society Date: 1856-11-30 Location: Portland Media: Ink on paper

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Item 9436

Contract for shipbuilding, Samuel M. Knight, 1854

Contributed by: Maine Historical Society Date: 1854-02-13 Location: Falmouth Media: Ink on paper

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Item 10673

Ship Reuce, Kennebunk, 1881

Contributed by: Brick Store Museum Date: 1881 Location: Kennebunk Media: Photographic print

Item 14772

Ship's Caulking Tool Kit, ca. 1820

Contributed by: Davistown Museum Date: circa 1820 Media: Cast steel, wood, leather

Item 15052

Framing chisel, ca. 1825

Contributed by: Davistown Museum Date: circa 1825 Location: Cherryfield Media: Forged iron and steel

Item 15622

Clapboard slick, ca. 1840

Contributed by: Davistown Museum Date: circa 1840 Location: Union Media: Cast iron, wood

Item 15628

Mast shave, Warren, ca. 1856

Contributed by: Davistown Museum Date: circa 1856 Location: Warren Media: Cast steel, wood, brass

Item 27832

View from Brooklyn Heights, Thomaston, ca. 1920

Contributed by: Thomaston Historical Society Date: circa 1920 Location: Thomaston Media: Photographic print

Item 8864

Steel four-mast bark 'Dirigo,' Bath, 1894

Contributed by: Maine Maritime Museum Date: 1894 Location: Bath Media: Glass Negative

Item 102843

Future location of the Cumberland Shipyard, South Portland, 1917

Contributed by: Maine Historical Society Date: 1917-06-01 Location: South Portland Media: Photographic print

Mystery Corner Item

Item 102856

Businessmen at the Cumberland Shipyard, South Portland, ca. 1918

Mystery Corner Item Do you recognize any of these men?

Contributed by: Maine Historical Society Date: circa 1918 Location: South Portland Media: Photographic print

Item 102857

Executives at Cumberland Shipyard, South Portland, ca. 1918

Contributed by: Maine Historical Society Date: circa 1918 Location: South Portland Media: Photographic print

Item 102858

Construction of the hull for the S.S. 'Cumberland,' South Portland, 1918

Contributed by: Maine Historical Society Date: 1918-02-28 Location: South Portland Media: Photographic print

Item 102859

Construction of the S.S. "Cumberland," South Portland, 1918

Contributed by: Maine Historical Society Date: 1918 Location: South Portland Media: Photographic print

Item 102860

The Launching of the S.S. "Cumberland," South Portland, 1918

Contributed by: Maine Historical Society Date: 1918-06-29 Location: South Portland Media: Photographic print