Maine Memory Network

Historic Hallowell - Hallowell Iron Foundry

"In 1878 George Fuller renamed the Iron works “George Fuller and Sons” while he worked with his sons."

Historic Hallowell - Wire, Ice, and Iron Industries

"Wire, Ice, and Iron Industries Anna Hodgkins, Lilly Ly, Maggie Marseglia & Thea Sweet Wire Mill, Hallowell, ca."

Life on a Tidal River - Early Railroads in Bangor - Page 1 of 2

"… was 4’8” with the earliest rails being strap iron spiked to 6” planks; each plank was 14 feet long."

Life on a Tidal River - Bangor and the Civil War

"Libby prison was located in Richmond, Virginia. Ironically, Libby prison was named after Luther Libby who was a Maine native."

John Martin: Expert Observer - Old Bill, gundalow crossing Penobscot River, Bangor, 1846

"Old Bill, gundalow crossing Penobscot River, Bangor, 1846 Contributed by Maine Historical Society and Maine State Museum Description John…"

Historic Hallowell - Early Industry and Bombahook

"The iron works produced iron parts and fittings for farmers as well as shipwrights and cast the first steam engine used in the Cotton Mill factory."

Historic Hallowell - History of The Cotton Mill

"McClench had worked at Eagle Iron Works in Hallowell. In 1886, the building and company were handed over to Samuel R. Payson of Boston."

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

"… the first steam-powered log hauler at Waterville Iron Works in 1901. This log hauler featured a continuous track."

Historic Hallowell - The Fuller Foundry

"They produced iron and brass casting, shafting, hangers, and pulleys. These products were recognized as being average quality, for they weren't the…"

Historic Hallowell - Industrial Recources

"Horsing iron, and jerry iron worked together on this, the horsing iron has caulk away deck seams while the Jerry Iron had to extract old seems from…"

Historic Hallowell - Industrial Technology

"… communication in Hallowell, the Hallowell Iron Foundry, and transportation in Hallowell were all important parts of Hallowell’s history."

Historic Hallowell - Industry and Immigrants-A Changing Community

"… other industries such as oilcloth factories, iron works, shoe factories, a sandpaper mill and The Heart Cure Co., a large mail order…"

Historic Hallowell - Ship Parts

"… machine.) Anchors were commonly made of stone or iron and took up to a year to craft. Each boat had about three or four anchors on board in case…"

Historic Hallowell - Cascade Hand Tub

"… high wooden wheels with a half-inch strip of iron around them and a fifty foot leather hose. It had no way of taking water from a source (for…"

Historic Hallowell - The Tiger and the Lion

"… of wooden discs which where bound with half inch iron tires. In the center was a pump with one cylinder. The body was five and a half feet long."

Bath's Historic Downtown - History Overview

"… stretch of the Kennebec River and the system of river-parallel ridges on which the city is situated include crustal plate movements, river erosion…"

Bath's Historic Downtown - Church Block

"… shop, a store that sold metal goods, and an iron foundry that later became Bath Iron Works. Oliver Moses was renowned for his character."

Beyond Borders - Mapping Maine and the Northeast Boundary - The Shaping of the Borderlands: Arcane Deeds and Failed Colonies - Page 5 of 5

"Ironically, the ultimate legacy of the jurisdictional confusion which for so long acted as a block to European expansion would be a false sense of…"

Strong, a Mussul Unsquit village - The Bridge That Changed The Map

"Flat iron straps wrapped around the cables every 30” secured the upper ends of ½” iron suspension rods attached at the lower end to 8” thick cedar…"

Beyond Borders - Mapping Maine and the Northeast Boundary - Fixing Borders on the Land: The Northeastern Boundary in Treaties and Local Reality, 1763-1842 - Page 3 of 5

"… Joseph Bouchette of Montreal, includes an iron ring on a tree, placed by surveyors to identify the location in 1797."

Bath's Historic Downtown - Old Town Hall and Grant Building

"… more recent years the building was used by Bath Iron Works and the U.S. Navy and for more than the last ten years by R.M. Tate Co."

Bath's Historic Downtown - The Customs House

"… at that time for its fire-proof construction with iron beams inside the stone walls. The original building was completely made of granite."

Biddeford History & Heritage Project - V. A Cascade of Booms & Busts (1790-1865) - Page 2 of 3

"… 1825 the Saco Manufacturing Company and the Saco Iron Works opened on Cutts Island in Saco; the precursor to the industrialization which would be…"

Bath's Historic Downtown - Columbian Block

"… the Patten Free library, was a director of Bath Iron Work's board, and was even the president of the First National Bank of Bath."