Category: Maritime, Industries, Shipbuilding
Item 79567
Award to Harvey Gamage, South Bristol, 1969
Contributed by: South Bristol Historical Society Date: 1969-10-24 Location: South Bristol Media: Ink on paper
Item 79583
Original shed at the Gamage boatyard, South Bristol, ca. 1930
Contributed by: South Bristol Historical Society Date: circa 1930 Location: South Bristol Media: Photographic print
Exhibit
Camden has been home to generations of fishermen, shipbuilders, sailmakers, and others who make their living through the sea. The lives of two Camden sailmakers, who were born nearly a century apart, became entwined at a small house on Limerock Street.
Exhibit
The Doris Hamlin, a four-masted schooner built at the Frye-Flynn Shipyard in Harrington, was one of the last vessels launched there, marking the decline of a once vigorous shipbuilding industry in Washington County.
Site Page
Resources BOOKS Bonsey, Osmond C. Surry, Maine: An informal History, Surry Historical Society, 2003. Jellison, Connee.
Site Page
Surry by the Bay - Early Settlement
Early Settlement Copy of Surry and Ellsworth map, ca. 1880Maine Historical Society Border Dispute Originally, Surry extended to the Union…
Lesson Plan
Primary Sources: The Maine Shipyard
Grade Level: 9-12
Content Area: Social Studies
This lesson plan will give students a close-up look at historical operations behind Maine's famed shipbuilding and shipping industries. Students will examine primary sources including letters, bills of lading, images, and objects, and draw informed hypotheses about the evolution of the seafaring industry and its impact on Maine’s communities over time.
