LB2013.21.372

LB2013.21.372

note: photo is adhered to backer board, printed label pasted below says: Stockton Springs, Maine. Pier 1600 feet long and 200 feet wide - photo taken in 1906. Piers were destroyed by fire 1924, not rebuilt. This is what Stockton Harbor looked like in 1906, with three long new loading wharves jutting out from Cape JellisonÆs western shore and fed by Bangor & AroostoockÆs rail lines. Potatoes, paper and lumber went out from this bustling terminal by schooner, and coal arrived. Unlike the upriver port of Bangor, this was useable year round. A November 8th fire in 1924 put an end to the fast-diminishing operation, leveling it, and today the siteùwith condos, a launching ramp, and town dockùis unrecognizable. see also LB1999.27.54 This is what Stockton Harbor looked like in 1906, with three long new loading wharves jutting out from Cape JellisonÆs western shore and fed by Bangor & AroostoockÆs rail lines. Potatoes, paper and lumber went out from this bustling terminal by schooner, and coal arrived. Unlike the upriver port of Bangor, this was useable year round.Piers at Stockton Springs, Maine in 1906. Five schooner-3's and two schooners in view, along with string of boxcars. [Information courtesy of Maynard Bray, 2018.]