Keywords: log boom
Item 33560
Log Jam at the Penobscot Boom, Bangor, ca. 1885
Contributed by: Bangor Public Library Date: circa 1885 Location: Bangor Media: Stereograph
Item 23070
Two boom bags, Ambajejus, ca. 1955
Contributed by: Ambajejus Boom House Museum Date: circa 1955 Location: T1 R9 WELS Media: Photographic print
Exhibit
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.
Exhibit
After the canoe, steamboats became the favored method of transportation on Moosehead Lake. They revolutionized movement of logs and helped promote tourism in the region.
Site Page
"The Steam and Boom Company was where all the logs got delivered and collected and also contained floating logs timbered from nearby forests."
Site Page
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