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30-469: Owls Head Transportation Museum is a working museum located at Owls Head, Maine . Beginning with a suggestion put forward by Thomas J. Watson Jr. , CEO of IBM , who maintained a home nearby, the museum was established in 1974 by the Owls Head Foundation. Its stated mission is to collect, preserve, exhibit and operate pre-1940 aircraft, ground vehicles, engines and related technologies significant to

60-509: A male householder with no wife present, and 37.3% were non-families. Of all households, 30.1% were made up of individuals, and 13.3% had someone living alone who was 65 years of age or older. The average household size was 2.13 and the average family size was 2.61. The median age in the town was 52.1 years. 16.5% of residents were under the age of 18; 4.3% were between the ages of 18 and 24; 18.5% were from 25 to 44; 35.8% were from 45 to 64; and 25% were 65 years of age or older. The gender makeup of

90-578: A portion of his lobsters in the Penobscot Bay region, where this fishery had just been started. The quantity of lobsters carried by him that year was 40,000.... Lobsters were so abundant at the Muscle Ridges, at this period, that four men could fully supply Captain Oakes with lobsters every trip. In the course of ten days each man would obtain between 1,200 and 1,500 marketable lobsters. In Captain Oakes' opinion,

120-478: A trip in 7 to 9 days. This traffic continued for six or seven years. In 1879, Captain Davis bought from 15 men In the same locality, and at times was obliged to buy also of others in order to make up a load. The fishery at North Haven began in 1848, but did not increase so rapidly at first as in sections farther west, as the smacks would only take the medium-sized lobsters, fearing that the largest would not be able to stand

150-636: Is a stub . You can help Misplaced Pages by expanding it . Owls Head, Maine Owls Head is a town in Knox County , Maine , United States. The population was 1,504 at the 2020 census . A resort and fishing area, the community is home to the Knox County Regional Airport . It includes the village of Ash Point. When Samuel de Champlain explored Owl's Head in 1605, the Abenaki Indians called it Bedabedec Point, meaning "Cape of

180-546: Is a grand spot—very unpretentious—but quiet & right on the sea. We can work & there are tennis courts nearby. It is too cold to bathe unfortunately—but there is plenty else to do...." Owls Head was a filming location for the 2001 movie In the Bedroom . According to the United States Census Bureau , the town has a total area of 19.61 square miles (50.79 km ), of which 8.88 square miles (23.00 km )

210-519: Is an inlet of the Gulf of Maine and Atlantic Ocean in south central Maine , a stretch known as Midcoast Maine , in a broader Atlantic region known as Down East . The bay originates from the mouth of Maine's Penobscot River , downriver from Belfast . Penobscot Bay has many working waterfronts including Rockland , Rockport , and Stonington , and Belfast. Penobscot Bay is between Muscongus Bay and Blue Hill Bay , just west of Acadia National Park . At

240-539: Is land and 10.73 square miles (27.79 km ) is water. Located on the Owls Head peninsula, the town is on Penobscot Bay . The highest point in Owls Head is Post Hill, 194 feet (59m) high. As of the census of 2010, there were 1,580 people, 737 households, and 462 families living in the town. The population density was 177.9 inhabitants per square mile (68.7/km ). There were 1,060 housing units at an average density of 119.4 per square mile (46.1/km ). The racial makeup of

270-812: Is subject to abatement under procedures described in Section 10 of the Federal Water Pollution Control Act , as amended" The WPCA report recommended specific water quality requirements for these pollution dischargers, and concluded if the identified pollution sources improved their waste treatment practices, the waters of the upper Penobscot Bay communities of Northport , Searsport , Stockton Springs , Penobscot, Castine , Islesboro and Belfast would again be available for commercial and recreational fishing, swimming, pleasure boating, industrial processing and cooling water, wildlife and navigation. Early Commercial Lobstering: 1840s to 1870s . Penobscot Bay

300-481: The Federal Water Pollution Control Act of 1948 , where states were requested to evolve and enforce their own standards, federal water pollution regulation evolved in 1970 to require that any project requiring a federal permit must be certified to meet state standards, then expanded in 1972 to require projects to meet a host of federal standards. The law is now known as the Clean Water Act of 1972 . On June 28, 1966,

330-641: The 13th), the English composer Benjamin Britten completed his Diversions for piano (left hand) and orchestra, Op. 21 while staying at the Owl's Head Inn—coincidentally meeting up with Kurt Weill with whom he got on well. On August 22, he wrote from Owl's Head to Elizabeth Mayer: "We eventually made Pemaquid Point, but found the place most disappointing—not on the sea, & full of the most terrible Bostonian old ladies, that we left after one gloomy night. Then we came on here which

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360-447: The 1860s and 1940. The museum has 11 motorcycles, dating from 1901 through to the 1960s. There are 2 carriages; a mid-19th century stagecoach , and a British Romani wagon dating from the early 20th century. The museum has 18 engines, meant for either stationary use or for transportation, The oldest is an 1895 compound steam engine , the most recent is an Allison J33 turbojet, circa 1955. This Maine museum-related article

390-457: The Muscle Ridges have furnished the most extensive lobster fishery of the Maine coast. He ran to this locality until 1874. Capt. S. S. Davis, of South Saint George, states that about 1864, when he first began buying lobsters at the Muscle Ridges, three men, tending 40 to 50 pots each, caught all the count lobsters he could carry to market in his smack. He could load 5,000 lobsters at a time, and averaged

420-618: The State of Maine's Commissioner of Sea and Shore Fisheries, Ronald W. Green, ordered closure of the shellfish beds in the waters of Searsport and Stockton Springs, in upper Penobscot Bay, "due to the polluted condition of the water." The US Department of the Interior 's Water Pollution Control Administration and the US Public Health Service then conducted a joint investigation of the lower Penobscot River and upper Penobscot Bay "to determine

450-522: The Winds." Mariners would name it for the shape of the promontory, which they thought resembled the head of an owl . First incorporated as part of Thomaston in 1777, and then as part of South Thomaston in 1848, Owls Head was itself set off and incorporated on July 9, 1921. The town is home to both the Owls Head Light Station , a 30-foot (9.1 m) tall granite lighthouse built in 1826 to mark

480-551: The area for more than ten thousand years, fishing, hunting and shellfish gathering in and around the bay and river. A part of the Wabanaki Confederacy , the Penobscot Indian Nation's present reservation includes Indian Island , north of Orono, Maine , and all the islands of Penobscot River above it. Ancient remains of their campsites dating back millennia have been found on the bay's shores and islands. The bay

510-405: The average family size was 2.68. In the town, the population was spread out, with 18.6% under the age of 18, 5.2% from 18 to 24, 22.3% from 25 to 44, 29.8% from 45 to 64, and 24.1% who were 65 years of age or older. The median age was 47 years. For every 100 females, there were 92.9 males. For every 100 females age 18 and over, there were 88.0 males. The median income for a household in the town

540-649: The beginning of the Holocene epoch 11,000 years ago, the Gulf of Maine's sea level fell as low as 180 feet (55 m) below its present height. Penobscot Bay was then a continuation of Penobscot River that meandered through a broad lowland extending past present day Matinicus Island . Penobscot Bay and its chief tributary , the Penobscot River, are named for the Penobscot Indian Nation , which has continuously inhabited

570-412: The chief sources of the pollution. According to the report,"substantial economic injury results from the inability to market shellfish or shellfish products in interstate commerce because of pollution caused by sewage and industrial wastes discharged to the Penobscot River and upper Penobscot Bay area and action of state authorities." The WPCA noted that "accordingly the pollution of these navigable waters

600-451: The country's most well-known summer colonies . Historic Water Pollution Management . Penobscot Bay has been the receiving waters for sewage waste and industrial waste discharges from bay and river towns since the 19th century. Discharge treatment was primarily dilution until the mid 20th century when the federal government began requiring communities and businesses of all states to meet water pollution control standards. Beginning with

630-433: The evolution of transportation for the purpose of education. At the time of its founding, their collection comprised two automobiles, two aircraft, a high-wheel bicycle and a 100-ton steam engine, but has now grown to approximately 125 objects. The museum has 24 original and replica aircraft , including: There are 54 vehicles, ranging in date from 1898 through to 1968. There are 11 bicycles and tricycles, dating between

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660-454: The expedition's commanders, and after a British flotilla led by George Collier arrived on August 13, the American fleet fled, beaching and burning their ships in the face of a superior British force. All 44 ships were either destroyed or captured, in what proved to be America's worst naval defeat until Pearl Harbor , 162 years later. There are many islands in this bay and on them are some of

690-408: The population. There were 723 households, out of which 21.3% had children under the age of 18 living with them, 56.2% were married couples living together, 6.2% had a female householder with no husband present, and 35.1% were non-families. Of all households, 29.3% were made up of individuals, and 14.7% had someone living alone who was 65 years of age or older. The average household size was 2.20 and

720-513: The sources of this pollution, the direction of travel of this pollution and the degree of economic injury involved." In February 1967, the Water Pollution Control Administration (WPCA) published its findings as "Report on Pollution - Navigable Waters of the Penobscot River and Upper Penobscot Bay" . The investigation found that the sewage from eleven towns and effluents of thirteen businesses and one university facility were

750-476: The southern entrance of Rockland Harbor , and to the Owls Head Transportation Museum . Owls Head was home to an electric trolley line that traveled to Crescent Beach. It was started in 1902, and it ended in the years of 1917–1918, largely due in part to a deadly accident in 1914, in which a train left the tracks killing one woman instantly, and injuring several others. In August 1940 (around

780-539: The town was 48.2% male and 51.8% female. As of the census of 2000, there were 1,601 people, 723 households, and 469 families living in the town. The population density was 180.1 inhabitants per square mile (69.5/km ). There were 992 housing units at an average density of 111.6 per square mile (43.1/km ). The racial makeup of the town was 98.94% White , 0.06% African American , 0.06% Native American , 0.19% Asian , 0.12% from other races , and 0.62% from two or more races. Hispanic or Latino of any race were 0.31% of

810-417: The town was 97.7% White , 0.4% African American , 0.1% Native American , 0.2% Asian , 0.1% from other races , and 1.6% from two or more races. Hispanic or Latino of any race were 0.3% of the population. There were 737 households, of which 20.8% had children under the age of 18 living with them, 52.6% were married couples living together, 7.7% had a female householder with no husband present, 2.3% had

840-407: Was $ 40,107, and the median income for a family was $ 49,231. Males had a median income of $ 31,685 versus $ 21,970 for females. The per capita income for the town was $ 22,660. About 4.2% of families and 8.1% of the population were below the poverty line , including 11.0% of those under age 18 and 6.7% of those age 65 or over. Penobscot Bay Penobscot Bay ( French : Baie de Penobscot )

870-532: Was one of the first Maine lobster grounds exploited on a significant commercial scale. A United States Fish Commission report "The Lobster Fishery of Maine" in the 1899 Bulletin of the United States Fish Commission, Vol. 19, Pages 241-265 details some of these early ventures, as these excerpts reveal: In 1847 Captain Oakes purchased the smack Josephine, with which he began running to Johnson & Young's establishment, at Boston, in 1848, buying

900-622: Was the site of a humiliating American defeat during the Revolutionary War . In 1779 a Continental Navy flotilla consisting of 19 warships and 25 support vessels was dispatched on July 24 to recapture the mid-coast of Maine from the British who had captured part of the territory and constructed fortifications near the bay, naming the newly captured territory New Ireland . The American besiegers became stalled in their assaults due to dissension between Solomon Lovell and Dudley Saltonstall , two of

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