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Item 14642

Log Raft on the Penobscot River, ca. 1910

Log Raft on the Penobscot River, ca. 1910

Contributed by: City of Brewer Date: circa 1910 Location: Bangor Media: Postcard

Item 99450

Penobscot River lumber raft at Bangor, ca. 1905

Penobscot River lumber raft at Bangor, ca. 1905

Contributed by: Bangor Public Library Date: circa 1905 Location: Bangor Media: Postcard

Item 8493

Headworks raft in operation, Maine woods, ca. 1900

Headworks raft in operation, Maine woods, ca. 1900

Contributed by: Patten Lumbermen's Museum Date: circa 1900 Media: Photographic print

Online Exhibits

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Steamboats "Rebecca" and "Fairy of the Lake," Moosehead Lake, ca. 1890

Moosehead Steamboats

After the canoe, steamboats became the favored method of transportation on Moosehead Lake. They revolutionized movement of logs and helped promote tourism in the region.

Exhibit

Shepard Cary, Houlton, 1805-1866

Shepard Cary: Lumberman, Legislator, Leader and Legend

Shepard Cary (1805-1866) was one of the leading -- and wealthiest -- residents of early Aroostook County. He was a lumberman, merchant, mill operator, and legislator.

Exhibit

Fight or buy bonds, World War I poster, 1917

World War I and the Maine Experience

With a long history of patriotism and service, Maine experienced the war in a truly distinct way. Its individual experiences tell the story of not only what it means to be an American, but what it means to be from Maine during the war to end all wars.

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Hallowell Steam & Boom Company, Kennebec River, Hallowell, ca. 1890

Historic Hallowell - Logging

"… the logs that were supposed to be made into rafts to go to other mills. There were about 300-400 men who worked there."

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Porter Covered Bridge, 1870

Western Maine Foothills Region - Mexico - Page 2 of 3

"… were mainly boards and ropes fashioned to make a raft, or they could be boats, large or small, which could carry men and provisions from one shore…"

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Hallowell Steam and Boom Company, Hallowell, ca. 1895

Historic Hallowell - Sweat on the Kennebec ~ Hallowell Steam and Boom Company

"These men made up rafts of logs for the several owners by laying them crosswise of the raft, driving oak pins into the opposite ends of every sixth…"