Maine Memory Network

Creighton Kiln Base, Thomaston, 1900

Contributed by: Thomaston Historical Society Date: circa 1900 Location: Thomaston Media: Photographic print

Interior of Creighton Kiln, Thomaston, 1900

Contributed by: Thomaston Historical Society Date: circa 1900 Location: Thomaston Media: Photographic print

Maine Streets: The Postcard View

Photographers from the Eastern Illustrating and Publishing Co. of Belfast traveled throughout the state, especially in small communities, taking images for postcards. Many of these images, taken in the first three decades of the twentieth century, capture Main Streets on the brink of modernity.

Making Paper, Making Maine

Paper has shaped Maine's economy, molded individual and community identities, and impacted the environment throughout Maine. When Hugh Chisholm opened the Otis Falls Pulp Company in Jay in 1888, the mill was one of the most modern paper-making facilities in the country, and was connected to national and global markets. For the next century, Maine was an international leader in the manufacture of pulp and paper.

Thomaston: The Town that Went to Sea - Henry Knox: Lime Works

"… Base, Thomaston, 1900 Into the twentieth century lime kilns were operating near the old Fort Wharf, located at the base of Knox Street, near where…"

Islesboro--An Island in Penobscot Bay - Historical Overview

"By 1916, all mail was dropped at the Lime Kiln Wharf and driven the length of the island by team to the island’s various post offices."