Maine Memory Network

Historic Hallowell - Logging

"The lombard log hauler would carry forty thousand logs to one hundred thousand logs. It had a ski in the front for snow, two tracks in the back for…"

Lincoln, Maine - Logging truck, Lincoln, ca. 1930

"Logging truck, Lincoln, ca. 1930 Contributed by Lincoln Historical Society Description These trucks would come across the frozen lake from…"

Historic Hallowell - Shipping

"… 1800’s they used a system called the triangular trade in which the merchants would trade and ship goods between Boston to Hallowell."

Historic Hallowell - Shipbuilding

"… bigger and thicker ones were used for the softest logs while the thinner axes were used for the hardest logs."

Historic Hallowell - Commerce on the Kennebec

"… Commerce on the Kennebec includes treacherous logging on the Kennebec, shipbuilding in Hallowell, very famous Hallowell sea captains, the history…"

Historic Hallowell - Sweat on the Kennebec ~ Hallowell Steam and Boom Company

"Unmarked logs were free for the taking. Bunk houses with adjoining cook and mess shacks were erected on rafts and anchored on the Chelsea side of the…"

Western Maine Foothills Region - Mexico - Page 2 of 3

"… back his old store at the Corner and revived his trade. Over the years he served as Crier for the Courts, Selectman, Town Treasurer, and in 1875…"

Western Maine Foothills Region - Continental Paper Bag Company

"They were mainly used for the grocery, fruit trade, and butcher business. The great paper bag manufacturer employed hundreds of young women, and many…"

Western Maine Foothills Region - Dixfield's Tuscan Opera House

"… English guilds, in which workers from various trades would band together to help one another; later during the 17th century when guilds began to…"

Historic Hallowell - The Vaughan Stream & Sawmills

"Edging took the trim off the logs. Finally, the logs were dried, planed, and shipped to the market. Stickney & Page Dam, Cascade, Hallowell…"

Historic Hallowell - Earning Our Keep

"… Our Keep Hallowell Boom and Steam Co., Log Drivers, Hallowell, ca. 1890Hubbard Free Library How do you earn your daily bread? How do you…"

Historic Hallowell - Cascade Hand Tub

"These logs at most burned slowly. There were also no matches at the time. But even so, the Cascade hand tub was a valuable asset to the Hallowell…"

Historic Hallowell - Industry on the Bombahook Citations

"Web. 03 May 2011. <http:// en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Logging>. Snell, Katherine H and Vincent P. Ledew. Historic Hallowell."

Historic Hallowell - Early Industry and Bombahook

"Captured logs and buildings on rafts belong to the Hallowell Steam and Boom Company. The Hallowell Cotton Mill can be seen in the background."

Historic Hallowell - Commerce on the Kennebec Citations

"N.p.: n.p., n.d. Harris, Larry. Logging Tools. n.d. 11 Apr. 2011 <http://www.theaxehole.com/the_axe_hole_april_2011_006.htm>. Jackson, Gordan."

Thomaston: The Town that Went to Sea - Early History - 1719 to 1740

"… treaty was made, including a promise to open a trading house at the fort supplied with goods suitable for Indian trade."

Thomaston: The Town that Went to Sea - Thomaston is Incorporated - 1777

"Framed houses had replaced log cabins, the first framed house being built on High Street above Mill River."

Thomaston: The Town that Went to Sea - The Fales Edgarton House

"The first homes built in 1719 were crude log cabins and did not withstand the early hostile attacks."

Guilford, Maine - Early Manufacturing - Page 1 of 3

"… and during one flood, the boom chain that held logs broke, and the logs washed over the dam during high water, smashing nearly every window in the…"

Guilford, Maine - EVENTS - Page 3 of 3

"EVENTS Log Drives (Text pending) Hardwood Products, Guilford, ca. 1930Guilford Historical Society Annual River Drive, Guilford, ca."

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…"

Lincoln, Maine - Mills & Paper Industry - Page 1 of 2

"… famous for inventing a vehicle that changed the logging business, the Lombard Steam Log Hauler. He developed this idea while working as a…"

Guilford, Maine - Special Events

"… events were oxen pulling, barbeque, canoe races, log chopping contest, magic show, chalk talk, and street dance."

Biddeford History & Heritage Project - II. Ripples of change: European exploration & settlement at Winter Harbor - Page 2 of 2

"… & settlement at Winter Harbor Piles of logs along the Saco River, ca. 1910McArthur Public Library The earliest settlers lived almost…"