Boothbay Harbor’s Wharfscape: Structures, Territory and Life at Water’s Edge
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environment
harbors
fisheries
town planning
material culture
landfill
Architecture
Engineering
Social and Behavioral Sciences
harbors
fisheries
town planning
material culture
landfill
Architecture
Engineering
Social and Behavioral Sciences
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Keller, William B.
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In midcoast Maine, harbor edge structures and surfaces of wood, metal, stone, plastic and rock were the results of public and private decisions that may be probed as wharfscape -- the totality of the visible wharf and its use, its relation to both the competitive and cooperative life of the town as infrastructure and symbol, fragile and always changing. Wharfscape, a geography of movement, enclosure and space, reflects community and individual will, and is shaped by opportunity, argument, negotiation, and nature.
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2021-09-23
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2023-05-18T02:34:22.000