Maine Memory Network

Historic Hallowell - Poem of the 1896 Flood by William Lewis

"… disaster, Rebuilding made difficult with heavy plaster, The water and people are gone, But those disastrous days live on."

Historic Hallowell - Industry at the Mouth of the Vaughan Stream

"They made slate, plaster, and putty. The company was worth $10,000. The plaster was made of hydrated lime, sand, water, and horse hair."

Maine's Swedish Colony, July 23, 1870 - Mills and Homes in Stockholm

"… strips of wood used as a foundation for layering plaster on the walls of houses). Red Row Houses, Stockholm, ca."

Historic Hallowell - Industry on the Bombahook Citations

"What Is Plaster Made of." Answers.com. Ed. ID1184659560. Wikipedia. Web. 12 Apr. 2011. <http://wiki.answers.com/Q/What_is_plaster_made_of>."

Historic Hallowell - Timeline of Cyclone

"Hamlet and Brooking. Plaster casts were applied to his broken limbs and he survived the ordeal. " With so much destruction, many people would…"

Historic Hallowell - The Cyclone of 1895

"Hamlet and Brooking. Plaster casts were applied to his broken limbs and he survived the ordeal. With so much destruction, many people would have…"

Thomaston: The Town that Went to Sea - Additions and New Wing - 1824 to 1843

"… the previous dark cave-like conditions, the plastered walls and split granite floors were whitewashed."

Lubec, Maine - Timeline

"… to meet smokehouse demand for herring 1832 • Plaster mills erected at North Lubec Canal. Jeremiah Fowler employed 125 men."

Lubec, Maine - Lubec History

"Plaster was a highly sought commodity used to lime farm fields and finish interior walls. The gypsum and grinding stones to supply the mills were…"

Guilford, Maine - BUSINESSES - Page 3 of 3

"It was made of wood and horsehair plaster, with copper plating around the outside. The basement was made of bedrock and the pillars on the front…"

Scarborough: They Called It Owascoag - A Look Inside the Classroom Over Time - Page 3 of 4

"They are often plastered on to a mat to make them firm. Often people frame them and hang them in their house."

Lubec, Maine - Klondike: Lubec's Gold from Sea Water Hoax

"… at the canal, former site of Fowler's Plaster Mill. Hundreds of workers, many of them Italian immigrants who had been working on the railroad in…"