Maine Memory Network

Thomaston: The Town that Went to Sea - The End of Wooden Shipbuilding - 1910 to 1950

"The End of Wooden Shipbuilding - 1910 to 1950 The large ships had short life expectancies, being driven hard and fast by their masters."

Farmington: Franklin County's Shiretown - Farmington Public Library, 1916

"Notice the unpaved street, the wooden fences, and the elm trees, which have long since been removed, due to the Dutch elm disease, which was…"

Presque Isle: The Star City - Bangor and Aroostook Train Station, Presque Isle, ca. 1908

"Walls floors and ceiling of office are wooden. Stove in middle of room has coal scuttle next to it. Large desk on right is high, requiring clerk to…"

Lincoln, Maine - High Street Bridge, Lincoln, ca. 1903

"Note the stone piers. This was built after the wooden bridge washed out by a Spring flood in 1902. The large white building on the right is the…"

Strong, a Mussul Unsquit village - The Cheese Factory

"Large round blocks of cheese were stored in round wooden boxes. These boxes were often used as pantry storage boxes. Return to Student Research"

John Martin: Expert Observer - Gate no 7 design, Bangor, 1867

"… to build one again and should be compelled to use wooden posts." He noted that he preferred granite and his design no 8 is a similar gate with…"

Thomaston: The Town that Went to Sea - Prison is built - 1823 to 1824

"A wooden roof with sliding doors was erected above the top of the cells, creating an open room about 10-12’ high."

Historic Hallowell - Shipbuilding

"This old fashioned, wooden shipbuilding hss been mostly left behind by the large, metallic ships they make nowadays with blow torches, drills, and…"

Mount Desert Island: Shaped by Nature - The Indian Encampment: Behind the Scenes

"1900Jesup Memorial Library Beyond simple wooden chairs and stools, there was little furniture at the encampment."

Historic Hallowell - Industrial Recources

"… a steel blade attached at a right angle to a wooden handle. The Beetle was a tool with a heavy head and a handle used for tasks such as ramming…"

Guilford, Maine - Early Manufacturing - Page 3 of 3

"… Tampa, Florida by Fletcher Pride to manufacture wooden cigar tips for the Hav-a-Tampa Jewel Cigar. Drapers Mill & Edes Building, Guilford, ca."

Maine Maritime Museum

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Thomaston: The Town that Went to Sea - Architect James Overlock

"… was a technique of cutting and beveling wooden siding boards at intervals to simulate stone blocks."

Hose 5 Fire Museum

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John Martin: Expert Observer - Rufus Prince's factory and store, Bangor, 1864

"… 1864 and wrote that the illustration shows the wooden store as it was in 1850 and the old factory before it was rebuilt and the brick store as it…"

Farmington: Franklin County's Shiretown - Lowell's General Store, Commerce, & the Railroad

"The wooden egg cases were kept cool, awaiting shipment to Boston markets. Whole herds of cattle and flocks of sheep were bought by Hervey Lowell…"

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

"Pails or wire baskets have replaced wooden hods or wicker baskets; onion bags have replaced wooden bushel baskets; and outboard motor boats have…"

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."

Thomaston: The Town that Went to Sea - 1870 to 1915

"… Watts Block, along with the Telegraph Block - a wooden commercial block next to it, a stable and the Knox Hotel to its west."

Thomaston: The Town that Went to Sea - Prison Industries

"… in which prisoners were taught how to build wooden wagons, buckboards, buggies and sleighs. This led to the production of harnesses and tack for…"

Lincoln, Maine - Thomas S. Libby

"A wheelwright is a person that repairs broken wooden wheels. The wooden wheels were primarily for carriages or wagons."

New Portland: Bridging the Past to the Future - Bridges of West New Portland

"This exceptional 198' wire suspension span with wooden towers and a wooden deck system was very likely patterned after the similar bridge constructed…"

Mount Desert Island: Shaped by Nature - Arriving in Bar Harbor

"… store and innkeeper Tobias Roberts built a simple wooden wharf at the end of Main Street in Bar Harbor, making it possible for the steamboat…"

Historic Hallowell - Early Industry and Bombahook

"Later it produced wooden lasts for the shoe factories. Boston Flint Company sandpaper mill beside Vaughan Brook.Courtesy of Sumner A."