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Early Hadlock Papers Reference Great Cranberry Island Historical Society	Reference	Businesses, Store Business People Vessels, Ship, Sailing Ship, Schooner	No Copyright - Non-Commercial Use Only	Early Hadlock Papers Reference Great Cranberry Island Historical Society Identifier: gcihs-2018.419.2804 Type: Reference Subject: Businesses, Store Business People Vessels, Ship, Sailing Ship, Schooner Description: Collection of documents pertaining to Samuel and George Hadlock, their stores, schooners Hadlock and Minerva, and other topics. In 2018, Rosie Silvers discoverd this collection of early Hadlock papers at Wikhegan Books in Northeast Harbor, Maine. Several generous islanders from Great Cranberry and Little Cranberry (Islesford) purchased this collection which now resides at GCIHS, catalogued as 2018.419.2285 through 2289. All documents except the advertisements and bill heads referred to in 2018.419.2288 have been scanned. (Descriptions for this collection were provided by Joanne Fuerst, Wikhegan Books. GCIHS welcomes your transcriptions or comments on individual documents: info@gcihs.org.) [show more]
Casco Bay Steamship Company Southwest Harbor Public Library	Reference	Businesses, Transportation Business Vessels, Steamboat	In Copyright - Non-Commercial Use Permitted	Casco Bay Steamship Company Southwest Harbor Public Library Identifier: swhpl-13791 Type: Reference Subject: Businesses, Transportation Business Vessels, Steamboat
Vinalhaven II - Ferry Southwest Harbor Public Library	Reference	Businesses, Ferry Service Vessels, Merchant Vessel, Ferry	In Copyright - Non-Commercial Use Permitted	Vinalhaven II - Ferry Southwest Harbor Public Library Identifier: swhpl-13912 Type: Reference Subject: Businesses, Ferry Service Vessels, Merchant Vessel, Ferry Description: For over a year [after the start of WWII] the Penobscot Bay islands had no regular ferry service. Local fishermen and boat owners filled in as best they could. Then, at a special town meeting in August 1942, Vinalhaven voted to raise $55,000 to build a powerboat. The result was a sixty-five-foot, diesel-powered “motorship” named “Vinalhaven II,” built in Southwest Harbor, Maine. The boat went into service in July 1943, and Charles Philbrook was her captain…” – “Stories from the Maine Coast: Skppers, Ships and Storms” by Harry Gratwick, The History Press, 2012, p. 54-55. "The “Vinalhaven II”, 57 gross tons owned by the Vinalhaven Port District, Inc. of Rockland was built [by Southwest Boat Corporation] in 1943 to serve the island of Vinalhaven with passenger and freight service to Rockland." - "Boatbuilding During World War II: MDI, Ellsworth, Stonington and Bluehill" by Ralph W. Stanley, p. 10 - 1997. “Vinalhaven II” was designed by Cyrus “Cy” Hamlin. “Clarence” Bennett, a fisherman, was one of the group that raised the money to build “Vinalhaven II.” – Ralph W. Stanley 2011. [show more]

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