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Maine Granite Industry Historical Society

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Bath's Historic Downtown - The Customs House

"The original building was completely made of granite. The 1912 addition was also granite from the same quarry at Mussel Ridge Islands in Penobscot…"

Mount Desert Island: Shaped by Nature - The Granite and Ice Industries

"The Granite and Ice Industries Granite Quarry Crew at Work, Mount Desert Island, ca. 1890 Men at work in Hall Quarry."

Historic Hallowell - Row House

"Row House Row House (1846). Here lived some of Hallowell's early textile workers. Built by Isaac Gage of Augusta, this Federal-style worker's…"

Historic Hallowell - Hallowell House

"Hallowell House The Hallowell House was built in 1832 and operated for a century as the Hallowell House and held the Governor's suite for…"

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

"The granite wall, (part of the Granite Block) was there, although it was endangering the fire fighters below."

Swan's Island: Six miles east of ordinary - The McCormick house

"Roosevelt's 'Fireside Chats.' The house was built around 1845 by Asa Joyce, and although the back section of the house is new the front retains the…"

Historic Hallowell - Dummer House

"Dummer House Dummer House, Dummer's Lane, Hallowell, 1968Hubbard Free Library In 1789 Nathaniel Dummer moved to Hallowell with his wife and…"

Historic Hallowell - Thomas Bond House

"Thomas Bond House Bond House, Hallowell, ca. 1934Hubbard Free Library The first known occupants of the house were Thomas Bond and his wife…"

Swan's Island: Six miles east of ordinary - Bonnie and Donnie Staples' house

"Bonnie and Donnie Staples' house Clevie Dunham's store, Swan's Island, ca. 1940Swan's Island Historical Society This home was probably built…"

Historic Hallowell - John Calvin Stevens House

"John Calvin Stevens House John Calvin Stevens House X John Calvin Stevens, Portland, ca. 1930Maine Historical Society The Wil C."

Farmington: Franklin County's Shiretown - Meeting House Park

"The grounds were spruced up with concrete walks, granite steps and iron seats. On July 17, 1904, the Hallowell Granite Company installed the Replica…"

Historic Hallowell - Ice Cutting and Ice Houses on the Bombahook

"1940 Click on the picture to learn more about Moore's Ice Business. Ice houses were a big part of the industry on the Kennebec."

Historic Hallowell - Ice Cutting and Ice Houses on the Bombahook

"1940Hubbard Free Library Ice houses were a big part of the industry on the Kennebec. There were three icehouses in Hallowell located on Summer…"

Mount Desert Island: Shaped by Nature - Harbor Cottage, The Old Ell (“Mame’s House”), and the Big Barn

"… astounding beauty of Mount Desert Island’s bare granite mountaintops, its mix of boreal and deciduous forests, clear lakes, and bold seashore."

Historic Hallowell - Portrait of the Proprietor

"He was the second Maine Governor from Hallowell elected in 1887. His son Joseph F. Bodwell succeeded him as president of the Hallowell Granite Works."

Historic Hallowell - Natural Resource to Finished Product

"Workers, Hallowell Granite Works, Franklin Street, ca. 1895Hubbard Free Library 250 men worked at both the quarry and the granite yard."

Historic Hallowell - Early Industry and Bombahook

"Blacksmiths were are the heart of the granite industry where sharp chisels were an absolute necessity. Wire Mill on Vaughan Brook."

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

"… Island Historical Society The pinkish buff granite from it was medium to coarse in texture and was used for pavers, random, and dimension stone…"

Swan's Island: Six miles east of ordinary - Quarrying

"1900Swan's Island Historical Society Granite quarrying was a successful industry on Swan’s Island from the 1890s to the late 1920s when the…"

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

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

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

"Baird's Quarry Swan's Island granite was quarried at sites around the island, providing work for many laborers and the businesses that supported…"

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

"… kept drained so that the workers could access the granite. When the quarrying season was over each year, the rain filled up the pit and iced over…"

Blue Hill, Maine - Long Island: The Forgotten Community - Page 3 of 3

"1890Jonathan Fisher Memorial, Inc. However, the largest industry on the island was granite quarrying--reportedly 150 workers were employed at a mine…"