Maine Memory Network

Lincoln, Maine - Lincoln Pulp & Paper Mill, Lincoln, 1957 - Page 1 of 2

"… Historical Society Description Recovery Boiler and pulp room under construction in Lincoln on November 25, 1957."

Swan's Island: Six miles east of ordinary - Kids at the quarry

"… industry, from iron spikes left in the granite to boilers that generated the steam power for the quarry tools."

Historic Hallowell - Natural Resource to Finished Product

"… shop, stable, wagon house, storehouse, boiler-house with stack and a rail siding. Workers produced building stones, paving stones and statuary and…"

Western Maine Foothills Region - For The Love Of Paper - Page 3 of 4

"The old coal boilers were converted to oil-fired, and recovery burning boilers were added to retrieve costly chemicals."

Farmington: Franklin County's Shiretown - Chester Greenwood

"He sold Florida Boilers, a business that grew rapidly. He later sold that business because he couldn’t provide the service it required."

Surry by the Bay - Sawmills of Cunningham Ridge

"Other parts, such as the boiler, were sold as scrap metal. The steam engine still rests in the woods at the former mill location alongside the old…"

Swan's Island: Six miles east of ordinary - Baird's Quarry history

"Blacksmith shops, huge derricks, and boiler houses to run the steam drills sprang up on the hill. Quarry rails from the quarry dock to the…"

Guilford, Maine - Early Manufacturing - Page 2 of 3

"… of logs through the windows and inundating the boilers in both mills. Hussey's Woolen Mill, Guilford, ca."

Strong, a Mussul Unsquit village - Strong's History - Page 4 of 4

"… town office building, have switched to pellet boilers, and the mill contributes significantly to the town's tax base."

Western Maine Foothills Region - For The Love Of Paper - Page 2 of 4

"This plant, authorized in 1930, had room for four boilers, with the first two units going on line in Jan. 1931."

Lubec, Maine - S.S. Cumberland: Steamer Brought Passengers and Prosperity to Lubec but Met Tragic End

"The boilers exploded, filling the ship with steam. Within 15 minutes the Larchmont sank taking most of her passengers to their deaths."

Lubec, Maine - The Lighthouse at West Quoddy Head

"Emergency Generators X The old boiler building now houses emergency automatic-start generators and telemetry equipment."

Guilford, Maine - Pre-Settlement And The First 100 Years

"The big boilers in both mills were under water. At just about midnight, Friday evening, April 10, 1903 the residents of this town were called from…"

Eastern Maine Medical Center

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Mantor Library, University of Maine Farmington

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