Bath’s Early Shipyards and Shoreline in 1797
Dr. William James Rouse recounts Bath in 1797 with a shoreline map locating Swanton’s shipyard and other yards from Shaw mill to Peterson yard. He notes no streets then, travel by water, and many stores and yards on river points to reach deep water.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
the Times
Bath
Shaw Mill
Trufant’s Point
Davidson’s
Gibbon
Swanton
William Swanton
Long Reach
Houghton Yard
Trufant's Wharf
South Street
Davis’ Wharf
Post Office Square
Vine Street
Jonathan Philbrook
Jackson Block
Mdavid Shaw’s
City Hall
Music
Alameda
Winter Street Bridge
Isaiah Crocker
Oak Street
John Clark
Capt. Clark
Hayden Place
Joshua Raynes
North Street
Christopher Cushing
Pearl Street
Laban Loring’s
Loring & Davenport
Benjamin Davenport
George P. Davenport
Loring Place
Sewall
Martin Cushing
West Indies
Kelley, Spear Company
Clapp
Thomas Clapp
Stephen Sewall
Recovery
Harvard Street
Peterson Ship Yard
High Street
Woolwich
Wwe
Edison Letter Endorses Tidal Power Concept For Bath
The Bath Independent reports Edison’s laboratory reply confirming a tidal power wheel model by McDonald could work where market and fall are favorable. Edison cites high installation costs and the absence of a ready market as major drawbacks. He notes similar devices used in Germany and expresses belief in tidal power when conditions support it.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Bath
Kennebec
Thomas A. McDonald
New Jersey
Winneganee
William Maxwell
Maxwell
Thomas A. Edison
Edison
McDonald
Bath Times
Independent
Harry C. Webber
The
Bath Independent
Maine
Germany
Thos. A. Edison
Formosa
George Stetson
Maine Fruit Show Heads to Portland for 1912 Meet
The Maine State Pomological Society and New England Fruit Show will hold their annual gathering in Portland on November 12 13 14 1912. The Portland Board of Trade has secured the City Hall for the event, promising one of Maine’s largest fruit displays.
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Maine State Pomological Society
Portland
New England
Bath captain's wife sails seven seas in fearless life
The Bath Me couple Captain Frank W Patten and Charlotte Patten star in a Boston Post tale of around the world voyages. They survived fires, hurricanes, beri beri and Cape Horn rounds aboard the Kineo while their children Mary Nellie May share shipboard life and art.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Bath
Charlotte Shaw Patten
Daniel C. Shaw
F. W. Patten
Kineo
Boston Post
Charlotte Patten
Frank W. Patten
Boston
Cardenas
Cuba
Patten
Captain Patten
Mrs. Patten
Mary Patten
Old Fort Sumter
Charleston
S. C
Kinco
Collision repairs for schooner Charles Davenport at Nantucket yard
The schooner Charles Davenport is undergoing repairs at Percy’s Small yard after a collision with the schooner Edward E. Barry near Nantucket Shoals. Davenport’s head gear suffered heavy damage and other injuries were reported.
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Charles Davenport
Percy ' S Small
Edward E. Barry
Nantucket Shoals
Davenport
Percy & Small's Yard
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Just
Webber
John M. Clark
Conducted BY
Wm. C Chadbourne
Front St
C. M. Humphreys
Sagadahock Block
Bath, Maine
Coombs
Cyrus W. Longley
Front Sr
Room
Bath, ME
M. H. Loach
New York
Curtis Lol
Centre Street
C. W. Watson
Office and Veterinary Hospital
Cedar St
Brunswick, Me
Ontario Veterinary College
D.V
Chicago Veterinary College
M.D.C
Ontario Veterinary Medical Society
Chicago Veterinary College Associatim
Maine Veterinary Medical Association
First National Bank of Bath
Horey
Frances M. Patten
Cambridge
Massachusetts
Lillian P. Colburn
Bath’s
Polly
John Peterson
Success
David Trufant
William James Rouse
Cape Horn
China Sea
Luzon
Guam
Australia
Brisbane
Malay Peninsula
Gasper Strait
Java
Taku
China
Oregon
Tupan Sea
Lochoo Islands
Nellie May
Typan Sea
Sev
Butchers Supplies
Butchers Steels
San Son
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