Ellsworth American. [volume] (Ellsworth, Me.) 1855-current, 1891-08-13

! on their passage to the sea which, when
harnessed to machinery. will furnish 3
636.2oo horsepower equivalent to the
working energy of thirty-tour million
men.
Shipbuilding has always been one of the
most important industries of Maine. The
first vessel constructed in the United
States was built by Gorges colony in the
autumn of 1907, on the kennehec river,
not many miles below the city of Bath,
. which for many years has been the most
important wooden shipbuilding center in
the United States. The first vessels were
built by Maine settlers for employment in
the deep water fisheries, always one of the
! most valuable industries of Maine, and
still important although the decrease of
mackerel and cod on the coast within the
, last thirty years has les>ened their impor-
! tance. Then came the demand for vessels
for transporting lumber to the West Indies
! and Europe; and from l>ts to ls56 was
added the extraordinary demand for Amer
lean vessels for the coast, and California
trade caused by the Mexican war. the dis
| covery Of gold in California and the
/ Crmean war. In 1910 there We're l4l 05-
tons of shipping owned in Maine, in 1920,
| only f0,373 tons in lst0. BIS oG2 tons: in
ls3o, 5ol ,42l tons; in 1870, 39i .o03 tons ;
t number Of tons of vessel, OF all classes
/ built in Maine was IS gf4: in l>5n "a a13
4 in 1870 H sfs in 1..o l. Iez srb ~ ,san
| jG.3l9. During the past wear an iron and
| steel shiphuilding plsut has been success
! fully established at Bath. where two sun
! boats for the L. S. navy are in process Of
| construction.
| lnasmuCh as the northern half of Maine
with the execution of a part of the aroos.
took county is unsettled thu. railroad .y-
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! southern and central section. The nprn.
! her. of miles of railway constructed .rd
| in operation in the state j. I4ollp Of
| which .lt4l3 miles running from TN,
| Canadian border an the yy.si arr,s. m.
northerIy part of the southern balf or the
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