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Historic Hallowell - In the Beginning - Raw Materials - Quarrying

"1865Hubbard Free Library Hains Ledge Quarry, Lithgow Hill, Hallowell, ca. 1890Hubbard Free Library Communities grow where nature provides raw…"

Historic Hallowell - Nature's Bounty - Raw Material, Close at Hand

"… Bounty - Raw Material, Close at Hand Hains Ledge Quarry, Lithgow Hill, Hallowell, ca. 1890Hubbard Free Library Natural resource development…"

Scarborough: They Called It Owascoag - Maritime Tales: Shipyards and Shipwrecks - Page 2 of 2

"The ledges and beaches are about seven miles toward the coastline from the bouys marking the shipping lanes."

Mount Desert Island: Shaped by Nature - Student Narrative of MDI History

"A bronze plaque sits on a ledge just outside of Seal Harbor as a memorial to Champlain’s visit by and naming of Mount Desert Island."

Historic Hallowell - Hallowell History Bibliography

"In the Early 19th Century. Hallowell, ME: Hains Ledge Press, 2003. Marshall, Megan. The Peabody Sisters: Three Women Who Ignited American…"

Guilford, Maine - BUILDINGS - Page 5 of 5

"… the trees in the 1790s, they built the house on a ledge. The foundation was made out of granite blocks, wood and posts and beams."

Mount Desert Island: Shaped by Nature - Activities for Rusticators

"… Tramp across the mudflats? Rocking on the seaside ledges? Investigate tidal pools or coastal caverns? Boat the bays or lakes (powered by oar…"

Highlighting Historical Hampden - Introduction

"… Americans named the Souadabscook Stream, which in their language meant “sloping ledge stream." (Eckstorm 1941) Continue to Early Settlement"

Biddeford History & Heritage Project - VI. The deluge of industrial expansion & immigration (1865-1900) - Page 1 of 2

"… Public Library Biddeford is full of granite ledge, and one family in particular profited greatly from the bounty."

Surry by the Bay - Surry Today

"… vista includes tidal pools, cobble beach and ledges shadowed by fields and a mixed wood forest."

Western Maine Foothills Region - Mt. Zircon Reservoir - Page 2 of 3

"thick) sit on solid ledge. The dam is 842 ft. above sea level, making it one of the three highest dams in Maine. It is 847 ft. long; is 57 ft."

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

"… to prevent the rope from getting caught on ledges, kelp, or anything else at low tide. Around 1952, some fishermen began using fathometers to check…"

Cumberland & North Yarmouth - Our Shared History - Page 2 of 4

"From 1730, the Church Under the Ledge in the coastal area, now Route 88 in Yarmouth, was the center of the community, providing both worship and town…"

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

"… streams, saltwater rivers, beaches and rocky ledges, has been a site for fisheries, clam digging, lobster fishing and recreational activities for…"

Swan's Island: Six miles east of ordinary - Baird's Quarry history

"… and cable set into a small rocky island, Ringbolt Ledge, till they could safely get their sails up and maneuver out of the harbor."

New Portland: Bridging the Past to the Future - East New Portland Village

"… waterpower created by the river and the rocks and ledges located here. In the fall of 1783, brothers David and Samuel Hutchins rowed up Seven Mile…"

Strong, a Mussul Unsquit village - Other Recreation

"Can you imagine? Blue Ledge on the Sandy River, Strong, ca. 1905Strong Historical Society Many people used to rely on hunting, fishing, and…"

Western Maine Foothills Region - Building Boom and Piers above the Falls

"… it seems to me that as there is a large amount of ledge at either end of the new dam that must be removed to give sufficient waterway in high water…"

Islesboro--An Island in Penobscot Bay - Schools

"Known as Rock Ledge when Mrs. Whitmarsh lived there, it was built in 1928 at an estimated cost of $225,000 by Mrs."

Blue Hill, Maine - Discover the Story of Blue Hill - Page 2 of 4

"At the Chase quarry it was cut out of ledges at the top of the hill and transported on cable cars down a track to a massive stone wharf where it was…"

Islesboro--An Island in Penobscot Bay - Early Settlements

"… mostly wooded with little good timber, barren ledges and swamps. Only one third of the land was good for farming, but the fishing was excellent."

Cumberland & North Yarmouth - Our Shared History - Page 3 of 4

"operated Elm Farms Dairy on Ledge Road; The O' Donnell family ran North Yarmouth Dairy in the 1930s and 1940s, and the Weston and Sherman Grover…"

Cumberland & North Yarmouth - Skyline Farm - Making and Preserving History

"… Loring, second pastor of the “Church Under the Ledge” near the coast (at the corner of Gilman Road and Route 88 in present day Yarmouth). Rev."

Mantor Library, University of Maine Farmington

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