Maine Memory Network

Lincoln, Maine - Pulp mill, Lincoln, 1915 - Page 1 of 2

"A narrow gauge train dumped pulp wood into the mill pond. It was then sent to the wood room to make chips for the pulp mill."

Presque Isle: The Star City - Harvesting Potatoes - Page 13 of 13

"A conveyors dumps the potatoes directly into a bulk body truck No more barrels, no more baskets, no more tickets and no more picking potatoes."

Presque Isle: The Star City - Harvesting Potatoes - Page 5 of 13

"… field for pickers  Once the basket is full, it is dumped into a nearby barrel. It takes about four baskets of potatoes to fill a barrel."

Presque Isle: The Star City - Harvesting Potatoes - Page 3 of 13

"He is ready to dump them into a nearby barrel. The motorized digger on the right was entered in the June, 2007 Mapleton Days Parade."

Scarborough: They Called It Owascoag - Scarborough Marsh: "Land of Much Grass" - Page 2 of 4

"… was even proposed as a possible site for the town dump. The delicate ecosystem of the marsh had already been threatened by activities of the diking…"

Surry by the Bay - Early Twentieth Century

"Instead homeowners dumped rubbish in back of their houses. Searching those individual dumps would frequently result in a gold mine find of old metal…"

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."

Skowhegan Community History - Kennebec River Log Drive

"… the spot where wood was to be cut, and later dumped in rivers. If it was deep in the forest, roads were needed to be built."

Highlighting Historical Hampden - Buttons

"The rag picker took the barrel home, and dumped its contents on the ground. These are the buttons and buckles that Mazie Douglass found, years later."

Guilford, Maine - Modern History: 1966 to Present

"The Town Dump closed for good and a crude transfer station was developed, a nearly new tire store was lost in a fiery spectacle, and the ’79 flood…"

Lubec, Maine - McCurdy Herring Smokehouse - Page 3 of 4

"… were hauled up in baskets from the boats, and dumped into the tanks. Later came winches, buckets and sluices."

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

"For example, it was quite common to hear “dump the string” when the stern came between those two large trees on Stratton Island."

Skowhegan Community History - A Brief History of the Skowhegan Area

"… went out in the spring of the year the logs were dumped into the Kennebec where they floated to the mills."