David Gay's Wharf at Rockland, Maine in 1873.

David Gay's Wharf at Rockland, Maine in 1873.

David Gay's Wharf at Rockland, Maine in 1873. Wharf is piled high with cordwoood; a schooner-2 and a sloop are are alongside. View looks southeast across to Crocket Point Lime Kilns. Bringing in the Wood, Rockland, Maine. In the 1870s and æ80s, Rockland was all about wood, the great bulk of it brought in by water to fuel the cityÆs lime kilns. Timber wharves lined the waterfront and generally jutted out only far enough for high tide use. Here at David GayÆs LermondÆs Cove wharf, the tide is out and both vessels lying to it are hard aground. Across from them at the CrockettÆs Point kilns, however, thereÆs more water depth and those vessels remain afloat. Instead of lime kilns, the FMC biopolymer plant now occupies that spot, and the Maine State ferries pass its wharves daily on their way to and from Vinalhaven and North Haven. note on reverse says lime kilns on location in 1980 of Marine Colloids, later purchased by F.M.C. (seaweed processor)