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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"

Old Berwick Historical Society

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Berwick Historical Society

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Maine's Swedish Colony, July 23, 1870 - Industry

"… to 1909, when it was converted to the Standard Box Company which made cleated plywood boxes for phonograph companies."

Guilford, Maine - Early Manufacturing - Page 1 of 3

"Barker Lumber and Box Co. was another such enterprise. Guilford Lumber Company Mill, ca. 1900Guilford Historical Society Guilford Lumber…"

Maine's Swedish Colony, July 23, 1870 - The History of Stockholm

"Later it was converted to a Box Company that made cleated plywood boxes for phonograph companies. Another company was built to make clothes pins…"

Historic Hallowell - Ice Cutting

"The ice industry ended when the river became polluted by factories and serge being dumped in the river. Refrigeration was invented around 1900."

Lubec, Maine - Lubec History

"Brown and Company built the first factory on Water Street. The next two decades saw 23 sardine factories constructed in Lubec, bringing employment…"

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

"… such as a sawmill, grist mill, salt box factory, starch factory, wagon shop, novelty mill, carding factory, dye house, fulling mill, clover mill…"

Mount Desert Island: Shaped by Nature - Economic History of Main Street, Northeast Harbor - Page 2 of 3

"… the Crobb Box Company operated an ammunition case factory on Neighborhood Road. Main Street in Northeast Harbor, ca."

Farmington: Franklin County's Shiretown - Chester Greenwood

"… years passed, Chester was producing earmuffs in a factory in West Farmington. He continued production of earmuffs until his death in 1937 – nearly…"

Northeast Historic Film

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Lubec, Maine - Timeline

"Brown & Co. constructed first sardine factory on Water Street 1882 • The Passamaquoddy Ferry Co. founded for the purpose of running a steam ferry…"

Lubec, Maine - Klondike: Lubec's Gold from Sea Water Hoax

"A “machine room” and a “laboratory” were constructed. Beneath them, in the water, were placed specially constructed wooden boxes called accumulators…"

Lubec, Maine - Canning Sardines in Lubec: Technology, the Syndicate and Labor

"American Can with its factory on that newer waterfront street had brought change to the canning industry."

Blue Hill, Maine - Discover the Story of Blue Hill - Page 4 of 4

"… the Story of Blue Hill Clam Packing Factory and Steamboat Wharf, South Blue Hill, ca. 1900Blue Hill Historical Society A Tight-Knit…"

Life on a Tidal River - Four Famous Bangorians

"… himself invented most of the machines used in the factory. Some of the spruce gums Curtis & Son made were called "American Flag," "Yankee Spruce,"…"

Mantor Library, University of Maine Farmington

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