Maine Memory Network

Historic Hallowell - Ice Cutting and Ice Houses on the Bombahook

"Ice was even shipped away to countries like Cuba and the West Indies. Usually the ice was shipped to nearby cities like Boston."

Historic Hallowell - Ice Cutting and Ice Houses on the Bombahook

"Ice was even shipped away to countries like Cuba and the West Indies. Usually the ice was shipped to nearby cities like Boston."

Historic Hallowell - Logging

"The trees from northern Maine that were normally shipped down the Kennebec River were mainly pines. When they got shipped down the Kennebec, they…"

Historic Hallowell - Ice Cutting

"Tons and tons of ice was shipped south during the later half of the 19th century. Forty-two ice houses like “Ice Mania”, covered the shores of the…"

Historic Hallowell - Wood Ashes or Gold Dust?

"… a farmer could produce, and large quantities were shipped from Hallowell until the middle of the 19th century."

Historic Hallowell - Hallowell Waterfront - Page 1 of 2

"The captains of the ships were middle class, and they lived higher on the hill. Joppa ran from Temple St. to the Vaughan Stream."

Historic Hallowell - Seaport on the Kennebec

"Hallowell’s ship-owning merchants, anxious to protect their investments by manning their vessels with capable officers and crews, established a…"

Historic Hallowell - More About the Johnson Brothers

"… rapidly in Hallowell  that its shoes were being shipped across the country. There was so much demand for the shoes that the factory had reached 450…"

Cumberland & North Yarmouth - Population Decline in Maine's Coastal Counties

"Granite quarry, Mount Desert, c.1890Maine Granite Industry Historical Society The quarrying industry Maine's coastal granite quarries were in a good…"

Historic Hallowell - The Vaughan Stream & Sawmills

"Sometime ice was shipped to Cuba and the West Indies. Another industry along the Bombahook, the Kennebec Light and Heat Company, was the first…"

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

"… were 13 shipbuilders in Blue Hill, along with 8 shipping merchants, 5 ship joiners, 3 blacksmiths (who fashioned the iron fittings), 1 rigger, 1…"

Historic Hallowell - Hallowell History From a 7th Grade Perspective

"… year's plethora of information included maps, a ships manifest, newspaper articles, history of the Vaughan Woods and Homestead, annual reports…"

Biddeford History & Heritage Project - The Civil War/Reconstruction Era as Experienced in Biddeford & Saco - Page 9 of 17

"… ice harvesting manufactures, lumber mills, and granite quarries. Immigrants not only served to support the industries of Biddeford and Saco, but…"

Historic Hallowell - Johnson Brothers and Their Shoe Factory

"… DESCO, stated that, “None of us wanted to see the ship go down, but we can not, and will not, stand for mediocrity.” Thus, the Johnson business was…"

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…"

Blue Hill, Maine - Shipbuilding: An Important Early Industry

"Some of these included granite mined in East Blue Hill, lumber, ice from local ponds that was shipped in sawdust to keep from melting, and fish."

Bath's Historic Downtown - The Sagadahoc County Courthouse

"… window borders; the foundation was made of granite. In 1987, an addition made out of cement blocks with a blue belt was built on the back of the…"

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."

Bath's Historic Downtown - Old Town Hall and Grant Building

"The Grant building is brick with a front of granite and limestone in the art deco style. There were 473 Grant stores nationwide."

Thomaston: The Town that Went to Sea - Thomaston Expands - 1805 to 1846

"… with a stable, and Thomaston Bank, housed in a granite building, joined several small dry goods stores."

Bath's Historic Downtown - Davenport Memorial and City Hall

"… structure made of limestone and bricks with a granite foundation. There are columns at its entrance to define the curved front; above these columns…"

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…"