The Main Beam

Name/Title

The Main Beam

Entry/Object ID

CAHC 2007.76

Secondary Title

An Informal History of Documented Vessels Built at Rockland, Maine, from 1795 to 2005

Description

History of shipbuilding in Rockland, Maine including lists of the yards, descriptions of the documented wooden vessels built between 1795 and 2005, as well as those not documented, but important to World War II. Descriptions of shipwrecks, storms, world voyages, the men who built the vessels and those who provided the financial means to build them. Separate chapters provide photographs and details of vessels built in the Cobb Family Shipyard and the Snow Family yards. The appendix includes listings of documented Rockland built vessels organized alphabetically, by launch date, by gross tonnage and by building firm. Shipyard sites are also listed chronologically and multiple launchings along the Rockland shoreline are recorded. An index is included. Physical Description: Hardcover. 28 cm. 548 pages illustrations

Collection

Town Histories Collection

Cataloged By

Carrie Rossiter

Acquisition

Accession

CAHC 2007.76

Source or Donor

Camden Area History Center

Acquisition Method

Purchase

Lexicon

Nomenclature 4.0

Nomenclature Primary Object Term

Book

Nomenclature Sub-Class

Other Documents

Nomenclature Class

Documentary Objects

Nomenclature Category

Category 08: Communication Objects

LOC Thesaurus for Graphic Materials

Shipbuilding, Vessels

Search Terms

Maine, Rockland

Other Names and Numbers

Other Numbers

Number Type

Other Number

Other Number

31896000883656

Book Details

Author

Snow, Bertram G.

Publisher

Lakeside Printing, Inc.

Place Published

Location

Rockland

Date Published

1795 - 2005

Call No.

TH 974.1 Roc

ISBN

0-9776705-0-3

Spine Label

TH 974.1 Roc

Notes

Date: 2005 Copy No.: 1

Location

Location

Wall

Town History

Building

Walsh History Center

Category

Permanent

Date

October 21, 2025

Location

Shelf

Shelf 5, Shelf 5

Wall

Bookshelf Wall

Room

Main Room #2

Building

Camden Area History Center

Category

Permanent

Moved By

Carrie Rossiter

Date

May 5, 2007

Inventory

Inventoried By

Heather Bilodeau

Inventoried Date

Dec 5, 2008

Condition

Overall Condition

Excellent

Date Examined

Dec 5, 2008

Examined By

Heather Bilodeau

Maintenance

Maintenance History

Date

Dec 5, 2008

Relationships

Related Person or Organization

Person or Organization

Snow, Bertram G.

General Notes

Note

Status: OK Status By: Heather Bilodeau Status Date: 2008-12-05

Created By

admin@catalogit.app

Create Date

May 5, 2007

Updated By

admin@catalogit.app

Update Date

October 27, 2025