Historic Hallowell - Commerce on the Kennebec

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Commerce on the Kennebec

Captain Lyman W. Lyons, Hallowell, ca. 1890
Hubbard Free Library

Hallowell’s Commerce on the Kennebec includes treacherous logging on the Kennebec, shipbuilding in Hallowell, very famous Hallowell sea captains, the history of schooners and steamboats, hazardous ice cutting, shipping, whaling, and also the waterfront.

This exhibit was created in 2011 by the 7th Grade students at Hall-Dale Middle School.