Maine Memory Network

Western Maine Foothills Region - For The Love Of Paper - Page 1 of 4

"Mechanics Institute of Rumford, ca. 1911Greater Rumford Area Historical Society Hugh J Chisholm was very proud of the achievements through the…"

Mount Desert Island: Shaped by Nature - The Bryants and Rockefellers: Two Seal Harbor Families

"… and settled into Seal Harbor, Donald worked as a mechanic at a small garage. After joining the US Navy as a Sea Bee during World War II, Donald met…"

Lubec, Maine - McCurdy Herring Smokehouse - Page 2 of 4

"It was almost entirely handwork, with hardly any mechanical assist. This was not a process people went to school to learn about or read a book on how…"

Western Maine Foothills Region - For The Love Of Paper - Page 3 of 4

"The Mechanics Institute was the first to feel this effect and was given to a Board of Directors which would govern the activities and maintain the…"

Lubec, Maine - The Lighthouse at West Quoddy Head

"A mechanized base holds two bulbs which automatically pivots 180 degrees should one burn out, simultaneously telemetering a status signal to Coast…"

Thomaston: The Town that Went to Sea - Emerson Letter

"… for Provost Marshal’s office, and a number of mechanic shops. Many of the buildings were filled with wounded and dead rebel soldiers."

Western Maine Foothills Region - For The Love Of Paper - Page 4 of 4

"… facility in a position technically, physically, mechanically, and electrically with state-of-the-art paper making equipment."

Presque Isle: The Star City - Native Americans

"With mechanization of logging and potato farming, the tribe’s economic role disappeared. The people were left to fend for themselves without any…"

Farmington: Franklin County's Shiretown - Brief History

"… area, the fertility of it soil, its varied mechanical industries, its mercantile and professional pursuits, and also consider the fact that it has…"

Bangor Public Library

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

"… the industry, and still was “women’s work.” Some mechanization in this step is evident from the photograph."

Eastern Maine Medical Center

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