You can find the Maine Maritime Museum in Bath, Maine. Maine was a hotbed of ship building for decades partially due to shallow shores leading to deep water.
The site of the Maritime museum was a sailing ship building yard with large six masted schooners being build here. Much of the ship building facilities is still in place and on display.
In addition, the museum has a considerable display of ship history shown in a beautiful display area.
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| One of the better ways to get around Maines many harbors is by passenger carrying boat. This shows one such route plan. |
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| Well done model of a passenger port |
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| Model of the ship yard with ships in the building process |
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| I took this image of the museum as I especially like the brick and stone work. |
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| This shows the floating dry dock of the Bath Iron works. Many of the Navy's Destroyers are built here. |
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| Lumber was cut to size in this shop |
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| The miles of rope needed for a sailing ship was manufactured nearby |
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| Model of a ropery |
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| Many interesting boats are stored throughout the museum grounds |
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| View of the river from the museum grounds |
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| The full size lofts for the ships were laid out on the floor of this building |
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