Keywords: marking tools
Item 11936
Contributed by: Southern Aroostook Agricultural Museum Date: circa 1800 Media: Wood, brass, steel
Item 15477
Contributed by: Davistown Museum Date: circa 1820 Location: Portland Media: Forged iron and weld steel, wood handle
Exhibit
Biddeford, Saco and the Textile Industry
The largest textile factory in the country reached seven stories up on the banks of the Saco River in 1825, ushering in more than a century of making cloth in Biddeford and Saco. Along with the industry came larger populations and commercial, retail, social, and cultural growth.
Exhibit
The astronomical arrival of winter -- also known as the winter solstice -- marks the year's shortest day and the season of snow and cold. It usually arrives on December 21.
Site Page
Historic Hallowell - Industrial Recources
"Here are some of the tools they used followed with their descriptions: Auger, Caulking Mallet, Horsing Iron, Jerry Iron, Nog, Oker, Pitch Ladle…"
Site Page
"Logging tools were very expensive, so people chose to make their own tools out of wood and metal. Wood wasnʼt expensive at all, for it was natural…"
Story
A Story in a Stick
by Jim Moulton
A story about dowsing for a well in Bowdoin
