Keywords: Moore Family ice business
Item 38185
Ice harvesting, Cascade Pond, Hallowell, 1928
Contributed by: Hubbard Free Library Date: 1928 Location: Hallowell Media: Photographic print
Item 34162
Ice cutting, Cascade Pond, Hallowell, ca. 1933
Contributed by: Emma Clark Weeks through Hubbard Free Library Date: circa 1933 Location: Hallowell Media: Photographic print
Exhibit
MY ISLAND HOME: Verlie Colby Greenleaf of Westport Island
Verlie Greenleaf (1891-1992) bore witness to over a century of Westport Island's history. Many changes occurred during Verlie's 100-year life. Verlie Greenleaf donated photographs, personal notes, and sat for an interview in 1987, all part of the Westport Island History Committee's collection. Her words frame this exhibition, providing a first-person account of her life.
Exhibit
Princeton: Woods and Water Built This Town
Princeton benefited from its location on a river -- the St. Croix -- that was useful for transportation of people and lumber and for powering mills as well as on its proximity to forests.
Site Page
Historic Hallowell - Ice Harvesting on Cascade Pond ~ A Family Affair
"Moore's Ice House HallowellHubbard Free Library "It was a terrible job. Terrible! Cold in the winter and cold and wet in the summer. Horrible."
Site Page
Historic Hallowell - Ice Cutting and Ice Houses on the Bombahook
"Ice houses were a big part of the industry on the Kennebec. There were three icehouses in Hallowell located on Summer Street, the Vaughan Stream, and…"
