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The Boiler, Great Cranberry Island
Southwest Harbor Public Library
  • Reference
  • Object, Other Object
  • Places, Shore
  • Cranberry Isles, Great Cranberry Island
  • In Copyright - Non-Commercial Use Permitted
The Boiler, Great Cranberry Island
Southwest Harbor Public Library
Identifier:
  • swhpl-13332
Type:
  • Reference
Subject:
  • Object, Other Object
  • Places, Shore
Place:
  • Cranberry Isles, Great Cranberry Island
Description:
...The huge 11 ton boulder the local fishermen called “The Boiler” had been lodged in the mud just off Fish Point at the entrance to the Pool or harbor on...The Pool, a good sheltered harbor for schooners, is shallow with a 2-foot draft at low tide, rising to an 8 to 10 foot draft when the tide is in...The Bar Harbor Record, February 23, 1900 - Cranberry Island...
Acetylene Beacon Traffic Control Tower
Southwest Harbor Public Library
  • Reference
  • Object, Other Object
  • In Copyright - Non-Commercial Use Permitted
Acetylene Beacon Traffic Control Tower
Southwest Harbor Public Library
Identifier:
  • swhpl-3049
Type:
  • Reference
Subject:
  • Object, Other Object
Description:
The traffic control tower at the junction of Main Street and Clark Point Road was an acetylene beacon made by the American Gas Accumulator Co. of Elizabeth, New Jersey

File Attachment:
Traffic Beacons.pdf
…Apparently Bar Harbor used the beacons too - "American Gas Accumulator Co., supplies for Beacons - $212.38" Annual Report of the Municipal Officers …of the Town of Bar Harbor, Year Ending 1927.
Richardson Family Flintlock Musket
Southwest Harbor Public Library
  • Reference
  • Object, Other Object
  • In Copyright - Non-Commercial Use Permitted
Richardson Family Flintlock Musket
Southwest Harbor Public Library
Identifier:
  • swhpl-14550
Type:
  • Reference
Subject:
  • Object, Other Object
Description:
The gun was possibly used in the Battle of Norwood Cove.

File Attachment:
Richardson Family Flintlock Musket.pdf
…Special Interest: War of 1812, Battle of Norwood Cove, Southwest Harbor, Maine 1814. …Note: The estimated pedigree is made by the curator of the Southwest Harbor Public Library Digital Archive who is not trained in weapon identification. …The gun was found in the Richardson house at 5 Country Way, Bar Harbor, built in 1900 by Melville B. Richardson (1873-1953). …Morrill, published by the Southwest Harbor Public Library, 2014.
Horse Trough Memorial in Acadia National Park - a Mystery
Southwest Harbor Public Library
  • Reference
  • Object, Other Object
  • Lenahan - Donald Patrick Lenahan
  • 2014-01-21
  • In Copyright
Horse Trough Memorial in Acadia National Park - a Mystery
Southwest Harbor Public Library
Identifier:
  • swhpl-15577
Type:
  • Reference
Subject:
  • Object, Other Object
Creator:
  • Lenahan - Donald Patrick Lenahan
Date:
  • 2014-01-21
File Attachment:
2014-01-21 Horse Trough Memorial in Acadia NP -- a Mystery.pdf
…Beatrix Jones, a prominent landscape architect who later married historian Max Farrand, was living at the time with her parents at Reef Point, their Bar …Harbor waterfront estate. 4 Just the building's cellar remains.