Maine Memory Network

Saw Logs Over the Dam, Guilford, ca. 1880

Contributed by: Guilford Historical Society Date: circa 1880 Location: Guilford Media: Photographic print

Hollingsworth & Whitney Co. main office, Winslow, ca. 1905

Contributed by: Winslow Historical Preservation Committee Date: circa 1905 Location: Winslow Media: Photographic print

Student Exhibit: Logging on Kennebec River

I became interested in the Kennebec River log drive when my grandfather would tell me stories. He remembers watching the logs flow down the river from his home in Fairfield, a small town along the Kennebec River.

Walter Wyman and River Power

Walter Wyman's vision to capture the power of Maine's rivers to produce electricity led to the formation of Central Maine Power Co. and to a struggle within the state over what should happen to the power produced by the state's natural resources.

Historic Hallowell - Logging

"The saw mill would make the logs in different shapes and sizes, so they could sell the logs to citizens who were in need of lumber."

Skowhegan Community History - Kennebec River Log Drive

"The logs sometimes got caught up on rocks, stopping the ones behind or even forcing them under. The loggers used poles, booms and even dynamite to…"

It was like a family in the mill
by Arnold R. Couture

I saw a lot of changes at the International Paper Otis Mill during my 26 years as an electrician

Ivory-billed Woodpeckers
by Doug Hitchcox, Staff Naturalist at Maine Audubon

The Ivory-billed Woodpecker in the Portland Society of Natural History Collections