Maine Memory Network

Historic Hallowell - Industrial Recources

"Ship's Caulking Tool KitDavistown Museum Early shipbuilding in Hallowell was quite different from modern shipbuilding today because of the tools…"

Cumberland & North Yarmouth - Population Decline in Maine's Coastal Counties

"… not have the coal and iron needed to produce the steel for the ships and engines, and Bath emerged as the only Maine shipbuilding center to…"

Blue Hill, Maine - The Musical Culture of Blue Hill

"In 1973, Carl Chase heard a steel band play while he was visiting the Caribbean. He loved the sound and brought steel drums (also known as pans) up…"

New Portland: Bridging the Past to the Future - East New Portland Village

"… blacksmiths, insurance, a canning factory, tin, steel and iron-worker, boot and shoe maker(2),carpenter, physician and surgeon, fruit grower…"

Lincoln, Maine - Railroads

"Train tracks are now made of steel or other metals. Presently, automobiles have replaced trains for most transportation purposes."

Lubec, Maine - Building the Roosevelt Bridge to Campobello - Page 1 of 3

"The bridge remains, a working ribbon of steel and concrete intimately tying two communities in two nations into a single working relationship."

Farmington: Franklin County's Shiretown - Agriculture

"… order any new parts due to the scarcity of steel and in order to have everything in readiness to raise “a maximum food crop.” This must have been a…"