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Historic Hallowell - Ice Cutting

"Ice cutting industries, specifically Gardiner ice cutting industry cut ice off of the Kennebec River, during the cold winter seasons when the ice was…"

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Historic Hallowell - Ice Cutting and Ice Houses on the Bombahook

"The ice was cut by hand. After the snow was scraped from the area, the ice was plowed out. The ice plow was a weighted, horse-drawn machine with a…"

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Historic Hallowell - Ice Cutting and Ice Houses on the Bombahook

"The ice was cut by hand. After the snow was scraped from the area, the ice was plowed out. The ice plow was a weighted, horse-drawn machine with a…"

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Historic Hallowell - Ice Harvesting on Cascade Pond

"“Once there was enough ice for the horses then you would cut holes and set up the loading platform and wait for it to freeze in solid."

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Presque Isle: The Star City - Potato Harvest Memories - Page 2 of 5

"The seeds were potatoes from the year before. The potatoes would be on a rack and as they went by, Edwena would cut them into four pieces."

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Historic Hallowell - Natural Resource to Finished Product

"The complex included a business office, two stone-cutting sheds, a modeling and sculpture studio, carpenter's shop, blacksmith's shop, stable, wagon…"

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Historic Hallowell - Kennebec Wire Company

"Wire mills still exist today, but workers use high-tech machines to cut the wire and shrink it to a certain diameter."

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

"… years, after all the timber around the lake was cut, the lumbermen began cutting around Folsom and Upper Ponds, sending the wood down the streams…"

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Historic Hallowell - Ice Harvesting on Cascade Pond ~ A Family Affair

"Cascade Pond - Vaughan HomesteadHubbard Free Library Once there was enough ice for the horses then you would cut holes and set up the loading…"

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Mount Desert Island: Shaped by Nature - Depression, War, and Fire

"It surrounded the village, cutting off all roads. The fire burned out of control for ten days, consuming 10,000 acres."

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Biddeford History & Heritage Project - VI. The deluge of industrial expansion & immigration (1865-1900) - Page 1 of 2

"… ice, were loaded in the Saco River with ice cut during the long winter and sent out. During the 1870s the ice trade was very active."

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Historic Hallowell - Ice Storm Summary Notes

"People had to cut down branches because they put to much weight on the power lines. This is how these two storms are alike."

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Swan's Island: Six miles east of ordinary - Student genealogy

"… of Fritz doing the old "twist and kiss" stone cutting move. Fritz Johnson, Swan's Island, ca. 1950."

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John Martin: Expert Observer - Rustic furniture, Bangor, 1865

"… "some curiosities in cedar crooks" in the woods, cut them and found someone hauling a load of wood to carry the cedar out of the woods for him."

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Guilford, Maine - BUILDINGS - Page 5 of 5

"After they cut down all the trees in the 1790s, they built the house on a ledge. The foundation was made out of granite blocks, wood and posts and…"

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Farmington: Franklin County's Shiretown - WWI Impact on Farmington's Agriculture

"… from the government came: • “Plant an Acre” • “Cut a Cord” • “Raise More Wheat and More Animals” Unfortunately, the winter of 1917-18 was a…"

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Skowhegan Community History - Kennebec River Log Drive

"If it was deep in the forest, roads were needed to be built. Then a group of year-round loggers arrived and built the camps out of logs (surprise!)."

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Scarborough: They Called It Owascoag - Catch of the Day: Clamming and Lobstering - Page 2 of 4

"Residents were hired to cut clams and paid by the gallon of meat produced. Clams were delivered in the morning to local homes, and at the end of the…"

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Historic Hallowell - Cascade Hand Tub

"… and far between because houses were made of heavy cut wood from the forest regions around Hallowell and the logs that floated down the Kennebec."

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Historic Clothing Collection - 1950-1960 - Page 1 of 4

"… skirt, printed with a 1950s design of clean-cut orange, teal and black abstract fish and other shapes, labeled "Jo Collins," the Junior Label of…"

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

"… was eventually moved on rails down the hill to be cut into pavers. Finally, the granite was loaded onto barges to be shipped to New York and Boston."

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Historic Hallowell - Day 8

"… for all the demands for them so that people could cut down the fallen trees. The ice storm had damaged public utilities, forestry, private…"

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Lubec, Maine - The Blizzard of '34 - Page 1 of 2

"… Town.” The Globe wrote that Lubeckers were cutting down their fruit trees to keep neighbors from freezing to death and that “business was at a…"

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Blue Hill, Maine - Discover the Story of Blue Hill - Page 2 of 4

"At the Chase quarry it was cut out of ledges at the top of the hill and transported on cable cars down a track to a massive stone wharf where it was…"