Keywords: Tongs
Item 19557
Iron tongs, Stockholm. ca. 1940
Contributed by: Stockholm Historical Society Date: circa 1940 Location: Stockholm Media: Iron
Item 27032
Ice Tongs, Islesboro, ca. 1860
Contributed by: Islesboro Historical Society Date: circa 1860 Location: Islesboro Media: Metal
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
In 1857, when Daniel Cough left Amoy Island, China, as a stowaway on a sailing ship from Mt. Desert Island he was on his way into history as the first Chinese person to make his home in Maine. He was soon followed by a cigar maker and a tea merchant who settled in Portland and then by many more Chinese men who spread all over Maine working mostly as laundrymen.
