Keywords: Lime
Item 10032
Hall's Lime Plant, Nadeau Lake, ca. 1925
Contributed by: Nylander Museum Date: circa 1925 Location: Fort Fairfield Media: Photographic print
Item 27840
Lime Quarry, Thomaston, ca. 1870
Contributed by: Thomaston Historical Society Date: circa 1870 Location: Thomaston Media: Photographic print
Item 37323
204-206 Commercial Street, Portland, 1924
Owner in 1924: Estate of Elizabeth W. Thomas Use: Factory - Pickle
Item 37324
208-210 Commercial Street, Portland, 1924
Owner in 1924: Estate of Elizabeth W. Thomas Use: Factory - Pickle
Item 151418
Brewster House Bed & Breakfast, Freeport, 1993-1994
Contributed by: Maine Historical Society Date: 1993–1994 Location: Freeport Clients: Matt Cartmell; Amy Cartmell Architect: Carol A. Wilson; Carol A. Wilson Architect
Exhibit
Promoting Rockland Through a Stereopticon, 1875
Frank Crockett and photographer J.P. Armbrust took stereo views of Rockland's downtown, industry, and notable homes in the 1870s as a way to promote tourism to the town.
Exhibit
Maine's natural resources -- granite, limestone and slate in particular -- along with its excellent ports made it a leader in mining and production of the valuable building materials. Stone work also attracted numerous skilled immigrants.
Site Page
Thomaston: The Town that Went to Sea - Henry Knox: Lime Works
"… 1805, Knox notes the sale of 3,000 casks of lime and the purchase of almost 3,800 lime casks. Even one of Knox’s ships was named the Quicklime."
Site Page
Thomaston: The Town that Went to Sea - Henry Knox: Shipping
"… Rogers and weighing 140 tons; and the sloop Quick Lime (named so because of his lime-burning interests), built in 1805 by H."
