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| Addison Packing Company Southwest Harbor Public Library |
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|  Addison Packing Company Southwest Harbor Public Library | ||
| William Underwood Factory at McKinley Southwest Harbor Public Library |
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|  William Underwood Factory at McKinley Southwest Harbor Public Library Description: A sardine cannery in McKinely, now Bass Harbor. | ||
| Freeman's Wharf Farnsworth Fish Factory Southwest Harbor Public Library |
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|  Description: Built by John T.R. Freeman around 1885. The wharf was occupied by several canning businesses at various times | ||
| Machiasport Canning Company McKinley Canning Company C.H. Rich & Co. Southwest Harbor Public Library |
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|  Description: "The first owners of the McKinley Canning Company were William "Bill" Herbert Thurston (1886-1957), Henry Bucknam Wass (1906-1986), his brother, Lester Leighton Wass (1905-1987) and their father, Jones Everett Wass (1881-1956). The company later became the Machiasport Canning Company owned by Henry Bucknam Wass and Charles Henry Rich (1892-1967)." - Interview with Elsie (Reed) Lunt, bookkeeper there for many years - 2008. "The building on the south side of the C.H. Rich & Co. property was the McKinley Canning Co. sardine packing factory, a branch of the Machiasport Canning Co., which was owned by Lester Leighton Wass (1905-1987), brother to Henry Bucknam Wass (1906-1986) who was probably involved in the business too. C.H. Rich & Co. bought the building for their lobster dealership and crab picking operation. They later expanded by building on the north side of the property." - Information from Elsie V. (Reed) Lunt, Mrs. Clarence L. Lunt, who was a bookkeeper for C.H. Rich until the business closed in 1963 - Interview 09/22/10 It was a sardine factory and during WWII hake and mackerel were canned there. C.H. Rich bought lobsters and fish. Wass canned sardines, mackerel and hake. [show more] | ||
| William Underwood Company Lobster Cannery at Steamboat Wharf on Clark Point Southwest Harbor Public Library |
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|  William Underwood Company Lobster Cannery at Steamboat Wharf on Clark Point Southwest Harbor Public Library | ||
| Benjamin M. Robinson Wharf Allen J. Lawler Canning Factory A.J. Lawler Canning Factory Southwest Harbor Public Library |
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|  Benjamin M. Robinson Wharf Allen J. Lawler Canning Factory A.J. Lawler Canning Factory Southwest Harbor Public Library | ||
| J.W. Stinson and Son Southwest Harbor Public Library |
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|  J.W. Stinson and Son Southwest Harbor Public Library | ||
| Addison Packing Camps Southwest Harbor Public Library |
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|  Addison Packing Camps Southwest Harbor Public Library |