Keywords: Frozen rivers
Item 15606
Ice on the Meduxnekeag River down from Houlton, ca. 1895
Contributed by: Aroostook County Historical and Art Museum Date: circa 1890 Location: Houlton Media: Photographic print
Item 1203
Ice scraping, Bowdoinham, ca. 1895
Contributed by: Maine Historical Society Date: circa 1895 Location: Bowdoinham Media: Photographic print
Exhibit
Student Exhibit: Ice Harvesting
Ice Harvesting was a big industry on the Kennebec River. Several million tons of ice could be harvested in a few weeks. In 1886 the Kennebec River topped the million ton on ice production.
Exhibit
Maine's frozen rivers and lakes provided an economic opportunity. The state shipped thousands of tons of ice to ports along the East Coast and to the West Indies that workers had cut and packed in sawdust for shipment or later use.
Site Page
Lincoln, Maine - Logging truck, Lincoln, ca. 1930
"… Description These trucks would come across the frozen lake from the woods to the mill in the winter."
Site Page
Lincoln, Maine - That Pioneer Spirit
"… a myriad of colors before giving way to winter’s frozen snowmobile trails and ice-fishing huts. Spring gives birth to the many wild animals that…"
