Maine Memory Network

Hewing Axe, ca. 1800

Contributed by: Davistown Museum Date: circa 1800 Location: Scarborough Media: Forged iron with steel cutting edge

Cooper's Broad Axe, ca. 1830

Contributed by: Davistown Museum Date: circa 1830 Media: Cast steel, wood

Belfast During the Civil War: The Home Front

Belfast residents responded to the Civil War by enlisting in large numbers, providing relief from the home front to soldiers, defending Maine's shoreline, and closely following the news from soldiers and from various battles.

Rum, Riot, and Reform - A Call to Temperance

"X The Battle Axe Portland, July 4, 1849 Collections of Maine Historical Society Newspapers 3-42 This depiction of drinkers in a Clay Cove…"

Historic Hallowell - Logging

"Also, loggers used an axe called the double bit axe that was very dangerous because of its two axe blades on both sides."

Historic Hallowell - Shipbuilding

"There was also the adze, a tool like an axe used for shaping and dressing wood. It was different from an axe because it had a long and slender…"