Maine Memory Network

Mount Desert Island: Shaped by Nature - They Should Have Constructed Their Buildings On Wheels

"They Should Have Constructed Their Buildings On Wheels Land and Natural Resource Use and Development Patterns of the Savage Family in Northeast…"

Presque Isle: The Star City - Jasper Beckwith Spraying Potatoes, Presque Isle, 1940

"… a type of sprayer that appears to power the pump off the wheels. View additional information about this item on the Maine Memory Network."

Presque Isle: The Star City - Mono Aircraft Company, Presque Isle, 1935

"The boy standing by the front wheel is six-year-old Gary M. Boone of Presque Isle. View additional information about this item on the Maine Memory…"

Presque Isle: The Star City - Harvesting Potatoes - Page 2 of 13

"The rotating arms on the digger on the right were also powered by the wheels. The arms would dig into the row and throw the potatoes and rocks off to…"

Presque Isle: The Star City - Harvesting Potatoes - Page 11 of 13

"… in the transition stage from box over the rear wheels to a flat body. Former farmer Larry Park talks about loading barrels with a hydraulic hoist."

Presque Isle: The Star City - King Farm, Presque Isle, ca. 1920

"… that the pump was probably powered by the sprayer wheels.The potato plants appear to be in blossom, so the photograph was taken sometime in late…"

Lincoln, Maine - Thomas S. Libby

"The wooden wheels were primarily for carriages or wagons. A carriage maker is a person that makes carriages."

John Martin: Expert Observer - Old Bill, gundalow crossing Penobscot River, Bangor, 1846

"… by "making the horses head fast and shocking the wheels." The illustration is on page 234 of the journal."

Lubec, Maine - McCurdy Herring Smokehouse - Page 4 of 4

"(P. 456). Wheeled herring cart, Lubec, ca. 1970Lubec Landmarks Wheeled herring cart: Left under cover when McCurdy’s closed was this cart, now…"

Historic Hallowell - The "World of Mirth" Carnival in Hallowell

"… carnival rides such as a carousel and ferris wheel. The spectacle of people on fire included their diving into a small barrel of water from high…"

Presque Isle: The Star City - Harvesting Potatoes - Page 7 of 13

"… bodies had a unique style with a box over the wheels to give clearance and with stakes around the outside that allowed a rope or a chain to hold…"

John Martin: Expert Observer - John Martin's cart, Hampden, ca. 1833

"… a mechanic I made me a cart with hub and spoke wheels and the idea started from an instance of a crooked limb which I found while gunning in the…"

Presque Isle: The Star City - Harvesting Potatoes - Page 8 of 13

"With a power hoist, a box over the wheels for wheel clearance is no longer necessary. This truck has a flat body that can carry 40 barrels."

Historic Hallowell - Cascade Hand Tub

"It had two-foot high wooden wheels with a half-inch strip of iron around them and a fifty foot leather hose."

Presque Isle: The Star City - Harvesting Potatoes - Page 3 of 13

"… illustrates the interest by many in the area in old potato harvesting machinery. Notice that there are no cleats on the wheels of this digger."

Biddeford History & Heritage Project - V. A Cascade of Booms & Busts (1790-1865) - Page 1 of 3

"Mill wheel bearing, Saco, ca. 1840McArthur Public Library The first sawmill was built around 1853, and before the coming of Samuel Batchelder and…"

Guilford, Maine - MANUFACTURING - Page 2 of 2

"It had several independent water wheels. It was not a very big mill in the 1800s. It started to improve in the 1930s."

Stockholm Historical Society

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Mount Desert Island: Shaped by Nature - Source Materials

"… gave genesis to the title for the ‘Houses on Wheels’ section. Dr. William R. Horner for proofreading draft text and providing needed edits."

Mount Desert Island: Shaped by Nature - Third Generation and Beyond

"… “Chase” should construct all of his buildings on wheels. This may have been a good suggestion. As time would pass and practical needs would change…"

Historic Hallowell - The Tiger and the Lion

"It was sold to the Vaughans in 1875. The wheels were made of wooden discs which where bound with half inch iron tires."

Presque Isle: The Star City - Northern Maine Fair Memories - Page 1 of 3

"… and only ride that she would go on was the Ferris Wheel because the other rides were too fast and would make her sick."

New Sweden Historical Society

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Strong, a Mussul Unsquit village - Strong's History - Page 3 of 4

"That person would turn the wheel to that letter, open that bin, take out his mail, and close the cover."