Maine Memory Network

Historic Hallowell - Sweat on the Kennebec ~ Hallowell Steam and Boom Company

"These men made up rafts of logs for the several owners by laying them crosswise of the raft, driving oak pins into the opposite ends of every sixth…"

Lincoln, Maine - Mills & Paper Industry - Page 1 of 2

"Ten rafts were hooked together with one man on each end to control them. Sometimes, shingles and short lumber were put on top of the rafts."

John Martin: Expert Observer - Canoe race, Kenduskeag Stream, Bangor, 1865

"… house wharves tops of store houses vessels boats rafts vessels masts were litterally jamed." The canoes were labeled on each side with names Civil…"

Historic Hallowell - Early Industry and Bombahook

"Captured logs and buildings on rafts belong to the Hallowell Steam and Boom Company. The Hallowell Cotton Mill can be seen in the background."

Historic Clothing Collection - 1940-1950 - Page 1 of 3

"… and hospital bedding, to parachutes and life rafts. Wool and the new synthetic, nylon, were reserved for the war effort leaving cotton, rayon with…"

Thomaston: The Town that Went to Sea - Woodrow Wilson

"In the meantime, the realer the raft on the ship had been tripped. And ugh oh it came down in the water."

Historic Hallowell - Logging

"… the logs that were supposed to be made into rafts to go to other mills. There were about 300-400 men who worked there."

Western Maine Foothills Region - Mexico - Page 2 of 3

"… were mainly boards and ropes fashioned to make a raft, or they could be boats, large or small, which could carry men and provisions from one shore…"

Life on a Tidal River - Bangor: Lumber Capital of the World

"Penobscot River lumber raft at Bangor, ca. 1905Bangor Public Library As the wealth and value of Bangor and its lumbering industry grew, the…"