Canneries at Brooklin, ca. 1925
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Sedgwick-Brooklin Historical Society
Fish canneries on the shore at Brooklin, seen from the water ca. 1925.
The products from the canneries were usually shipped out by sailing schooners and later by the Eastern Steamship Company.
In the early 1930s, as the trucking business grew, it became too expensive to ship by water. About 1932, the Eastern Steamship Company stopped runs to Brooklin. At that time, the Ramsdell business was moved to Rockland, and the plant was abandoned.
In the upper left corner it is possible to see the tower of the Odd Fellows Hall; the IOOF Hall was built in the late 19th century, but the tower was removed in the 1930s as it was considered unsafe.
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