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The island of Vinalhaven, Maine, was home to John Calderwood who emigrated from Londonderry, Ireland in 1725. His descendants prospered on the island and today the name Calderwood is still prominent in landmarks, roads and local history. The Historical Society of Vinalhaven, located on High St., just a short walk from downtown, has a large collection of memorabilia, not only for the Calderwood family and other early settlers, but also the early economy, which thrived on granite mining and cutting. Many of the nations well-known bridges and edifices are constructed from granite quarried on Vinalhaven (the Brooklyn Bridge and cathedral of St. John the Divine in NY). With the advent of cement as a more utile building material, the island's quarries slowly went out of business and many of them now function as local spring-fed swimming holes. After granite, lobsters became the primary product of Vinalhaven, and the island boasts the largest lobster fleet in the US, if not the world. The ferry from Rockland to Vinalhaven is a beautiful trip as it wends it's way through what would seem to be a veritable minefield of multicolored lobster pot buoys, thousands of them, that litter the channel between the mainland and the island. The one and a quarter hour ferry trip is well worth the time if just for the visual beauty of the coastline and scattered outcrops of granite islets that lead to the little port of Vinalhaven.
If you can't give a cite, don't put it in the article. All this "rivalry" stuff is just speculation, and while I'm pretty sure there's competition between lobstermen, that probably doesn't make a rivalry. Include a source, or I'll just keep treating it like vandalism. -- UsaSatsui ( talk) 18:18, 5 February 2008 (UTC)
george dubyah sucks —Preceding
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Please edit/remove the line "Because of the islands isolation some questionable methods have been allowed to fly under the radar at Vinalhavens educational institute." There is no citation nor proof of this statement. Cyberbytli ( talk) 18:48, 16 June 2009 (UTC)
The article doesn't have any recent pictures of the island. I would gladly put some up when I'm there this summer, but if anyone has some now to put up, that would be great. 74.4.248.78 ( talk) 21:12, 11 April 2012 (UTC)
The section restored by editor BeyondMyKen had outdated sentences such as "the project is expected to." The project is now completed, windmills spinning merrily, and it is no longer a case of eager expectations. We can say what the project has actually accomplished. "Significantly reduced" is a matter of opinion; by now we should have hard facts on how much rates are actually reduced. There is a quote in the restored section and while it appears also outdated language (a statement from years ago predicting what the task force will do which presumably by now it either has or has not done) still, assuming it is still valid I simply to ask for a citation. Quotes need a footnote: who said it, when. Best wishes, ElijahBosley (talk ☞) 21:36, 11 May 2012 (UTC)
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The island of Vinalhaven, Maine, was home to John Calderwood who emigrated from Londonderry, Ireland in 1725. His descendants prospered on the island and today the name Calderwood is still prominent in landmarks, roads and local history. The Historical Society of Vinalhaven, located on High St., just a short walk from downtown, has a large collection of memorabilia, not only for the Calderwood family and other early settlers, but also the early economy, which thrived on granite mining and cutting. Many of the nations well-known bridges and edifices are constructed from granite quarried on Vinalhaven (the Brooklyn Bridge and cathedral of St. John the Divine in NY). With the advent of cement as a more utile building material, the island's quarries slowly went out of business and many of them now function as local spring-fed swimming holes. After granite, lobsters became the primary product of Vinalhaven, and the island boasts the largest lobster fleet in the US, if not the world. The ferry from Rockland to Vinalhaven is a beautiful trip as it wends it's way through what would seem to be a veritable minefield of multicolored lobster pot buoys, thousands of them, that litter the channel between the mainland and the island. The one and a quarter hour ferry trip is well worth the time if just for the visual beauty of the coastline and scattered outcrops of granite islets that lead to the little port of Vinalhaven.
If you can't give a cite, don't put it in the article. All this "rivalry" stuff is just speculation, and while I'm pretty sure there's competition between lobstermen, that probably doesn't make a rivalry. Include a source, or I'll just keep treating it like vandalism. -- UsaSatsui ( talk) 18:18, 5 February 2008 (UTC)
george dubyah sucks —Preceding
unsigned comment added by
169.244.212.168 (
talk) 15:35, 29 April 2008 (UTC)
Please edit/remove the line "Because of the islands isolation some questionable methods have been allowed to fly under the radar at Vinalhavens educational institute." There is no citation nor proof of this statement. Cyberbytli ( talk) 18:48, 16 June 2009 (UTC)
The article doesn't have any recent pictures of the island. I would gladly put some up when I'm there this summer, but if anyone has some now to put up, that would be great. 74.4.248.78 ( talk) 21:12, 11 April 2012 (UTC)
The section restored by editor BeyondMyKen had outdated sentences such as "the project is expected to." The project is now completed, windmills spinning merrily, and it is no longer a case of eager expectations. We can say what the project has actually accomplished. "Significantly reduced" is a matter of opinion; by now we should have hard facts on how much rates are actually reduced. There is a quote in the restored section and while it appears also outdated language (a statement from years ago predicting what the task force will do which presumably by now it either has or has not done) still, assuming it is still valid I simply to ask for a citation. Quotes need a footnote: who said it, when. Best wishes, ElijahBosley (talk ☞) 21:36, 11 May 2012 (UTC)