Maine Memory Network

Historic Hallowell - Industry at the Mouth of the Vaughan Stream

"A steam engine worked as a heat engine that performed mechanical work using steam as the working fluid."

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

"Perspectives on Labor Old Gun Rock Can Shop, Lubec, ca. 1900Lubec Historical Society This can shop on Water Street was part of the Gun Rock…"

Historic Hallowell - Early Industry and Bombahook

"The woodworking shop milled lumber and produced cut lumber and moldings for carpenters and cabinetmakers, and also produced wood-block patterns for…"

Lubec, Maine - Lubec History

"… flourished with drug stores, grocers, hotels, department stores, a movie theater, bowling alley, shoe stores and other retailers providing goods…"

Historic Hallowell - The Vaughan Stream & Sawmills

"… up, the factories were then powered by steam engines. As a result, the Vaughan Stream had many uses."

Bath's Historic Downtown - The Sagadahock House and The Sagadahoc Block

"Hall went back to New Meadows and talked the engineer, Mr. A. B. Burditt, who was also a diver, and had him put the suit on."

Lincoln, Maine - Telegraphs & Telephones

"… a message to Bangor for them to send a fire engine because the town of Lincoln was in extreme danger of being engulfed in flames."

Surry by the Bay - Early Twentieth Century

"… Bridge opened in 1931, this marvel of engineering provided a much easier mode of transportation at a time when more and more “people from away”…"

Lincoln, Maine - That Pioneer Spirit

"… that the village of Lincoln was on fire and an engine was wanted from this city… the whole village was in danger of burning if help was not…"

Eastern Maine Medical Center

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Mantor Library, University of Maine Farmington

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