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Maine Granite Industry Historical Society

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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."

Historic Hallowell - Industry on Bombahook

"Another belief is that Sheppard's Point at the end of the stream is shaped like India, and, for that reason, early English settlers named it after…"

Historic Hallowell - Meeting at Koussinok

"… miles from the ocean, when they reached the last point of navigation on the Kennebec, the rapids in Augusta that marked the “head of tide,” they…"

Historic Hallowell - Seaport on the Kennebec

"… the Kennebec River Region, William Avery Baker pointed out that ... for eight months of the year Hallowell, Maine, was a seaport."

Historic Hallowell - Hallowell Schools

"At one point, 306,000 people (which was about 40 percent of the working population at the time) worked in the factories."

Historic Hallowell - History Celebrated, Threatened and Preserved

"Events in her history point up the fact that Hallowell contributed to the economic, social and political history of the state and nation in areas…"

Historic Hallowell - Our Work and Our Team

"… of the stops along the walking tour is an entry point to just one aspect of Hallowell history. The museum development team, from its first…"

Historic Hallowell - Sweat on the Kennebec ~ Hallowell Steam and Boom Company

"… would be towed into the cove below Vaughan's Point. Steam and Boom Company, Log Driver's Shack, Hallowell, ca.1890Hubbard Free Library…"

Historic Hallowell - Henry Pope Clearwater Ph.D.~ Patient Medicine Mass Marketer

"His business at one point occupied an entire city block, employed 100 production workers, and 20 hand-copiers who addressed envelopes off-site."

Historic Hallowell - Shipbuilding

"… also a drawing knife, a slender blade with sharp points protruding from the bottom, and on either side, there were wooden handles which one or two…"

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

"… quarry on Wood Point, remembered that Blue Hill granite “rang like a bell” when struck with a hammer."

Blue Hill, Maine - Discover the Story of Blue Hill - Page 3 of 4

"They disembarked at the wharves on Peters’ Point or Parker Point where they might be met by horse-drawn carriages to take them up Tenney Hill to…"

Swan's Island: Six miles east of ordinary - Holiday Events

"… terminal as part of the Fourth of July celebrations. Islanders would make a point of having a lobster meal as part of their 4th celebrations."

Swan's Island: Six miles east of ordinary - I. Canoes and Clamshells: The Pre-European Settlement Years

"… on Swan’s Island between the years 1891 and 1903, points out in his island history that the name Hocomock (current Hockamock Head) was used before…"

Lithgow Public Library

"… the library is constructed of gray Norridgewock granite, blocked symmetrically over the windows and entrance."

Swan's Island: Six miles east of ordinary - Minturn Schoolhouse

"… changed location over the years, and at one point its runoff froze on the rocks below. A former student recalls: "Yep, and ‘course the stuff used…"

Swan's Island: Six miles east of ordinary - Telephone communication

"… were run first to Brooklin, then to Burnt Point, and lastly to Bass Harbor. A "cable call" was an expensive occurrence so it was used only for…"

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

"Even Irish Point, one of the earliest areas of settlement, had a store. Travel around the island was by foot, carriage, or animal so it was…"

Swan's Island: Six miles east of ordinary - Seaside Hall

"At that point in Swan's Island history, people rarely traveled outside of their own communities. A resident of Atlantic would rely on Atlantic…"

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 - III. Boom, bustle, bust: The Steamboat Years to WWII

"… remembers the steamboat years with fondness, and points out, “you knew people in Rockland better at that point than you do some people on the…"

Lubec, Maine - The Lighthouse at West Quoddy Head

"… their families adjacent to the tower and the granite Easternmost Point marker. Those in summer enter the Visitor Center, long desired by the State…"

Swan's Island: Six miles east of ordinary - IV. Transitions and troubles: Private enterprise shoulders an island’s needs

"… here if you don’t have a lot of money… at that point you did. Because, you know, Bar Harbor, Northeast… those are people with money." Interactions…"