Maine Memory Network

Soldering iron, ca. 1840

Contributed by: Davistown Museum Date: circa 1840 Media: Wrought iron, brass, copper

Soldering lamp, ca. 1840

Contributed by: An individual through Maine Historical Society Date: circa 1840 Location: Warren Media: Brass

Scarborough: They Called It Owascoag - Catch of the Day: Clamming and Lobstering - Page 1 of 4

"… the canning process, tops were individually hand-soldered onto filled cans, and it’s believed that this process may have been the cause of serious…"

Lubec, Maine - Canning Sardines in Lubec: Technology, the Syndicate and Labor

"The report said “they are ‘the can makers,’ so called, who solder in the bottoms” of the cans (p. 88)."

Vietnam Memoirs
by David Chessey

MY PERSONAL EXPERIENCES AND MY OBSERVATION OF NATIONWIDE OPINIONS CONCERNING THE “VIET NAM" WAR