Maine Memory Network

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

"… over each year, the rain filled up the pit and iced over in the winter to make a popular skating pond."

Historic Hallowell - Day 5

"… Free Library Red Cross's involvement in the Ice Storm What part did the American Red Cross play in the ice storm of ’98? The storm hit most of…"

Historic Hallowell - Hallowell Waterfront - Page 1 of 2

"Mr. Page’s Ice House was also located on the waterfront for easy access to ice. When the railroad was built, the waterfront was used less."

Guilford, Maine - EVENTS - Page 2 of 3

"There had been a lot of snow but no rain. The ice was melting late, so it appeared there wouldn’t be enough water to drive logs."

Bath's Historic Downtown - Columbian Block

"Clary Ice Cream and Candy Store. This was known as the “sweetest place in town” according to a 1907 newspaper article."

Blue Hill, Maine - Shipbuilding: An Important Early Industry

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

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

"… area that still holds a metal trough for icing drinks. The third floor is reserved for I.O.O.F. members."

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

"Local men fished through the ice for smelt in the winter, packing them with snow in boxes and shipping them by train from Ellsworth to Boston."

Pejepscot Historical Society

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Historic Hallowell - The Vaughan Stream & Sawmills

"… 1879, the Knickerbocker Ice Company had several ice houses, and the ice was cut from the river in an area about one mile up and shipped to big…"

Scarborough: They Called It Owascoag - Scarborough Marsh: "Land of Much Grass" - Page 1 of 4

"… of years ago when glaciers from the last ice age receded as the climate warmed. Silt from rivers and streams washed into low-lying, protected tidal…"

Swan's Island: Six miles east of ordinary - Islanders At Play

"… with friends for a game of softball or go ice skating. All that is needed is oneself and some free time."

Farmington: Franklin County's Shiretown - Lowell's General Store, Commerce, & the Railroad

"… house had sawdust insulation in the walls and an ice bunk in the center. The wooden egg cases were kept cool, awaiting shipment to Boston markets."

Historic Hallowell - Early Industry and Bombahook

"The Fuller Foundry and Knickerbocker's Ice House are on the right. Captured logs and buildings on rafts belong to the Hallowell Steam and Boom…"

Presque Isle: The Star City - Adventures in Aroostook County - Page 2 of 3

"It served hot peanuts and ice cream. There was a terrible hurricane in the 1970s that knocked down trees."

Historic Hallowell - Lineman's Journal

"We had an ice storm in progress. I was driving to work when I saw a lot of fallen trees in the woods and branches on the road."

Western Maine Foothills Region - Peru

"… matches, ice cream spoons that came with Dixie ice cream cups, ice cream sticks, tongue depressors, candy sticks, coffee stirrers, Q-tip sticks…"

New Portland: Bridging the Past to the Future - New Portland: Bridging the Past to the Future

"Another item related to sawmills is that of ice houses which provided a home for the large blocks of ice needed to keep food cold in the days before…"

Islesboro--An Island in Penobscot Bay - Summer Resorts

"… The Pub, Big Tree Boating, The Dark Harbor Shop Ice Cream Race, July 4th Parade and Chicken Barbeque, Sunset Services at the Ferry Landing, Dances…"

Western Maine Foothills Region - Mexico Corner

"… used when the river was low in summer and on the ice in winter. In 1901 the Red Bridge was built near this location."

Maine State Museum

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Lincoln, Maine - Steamboats

"Good thing there’s no ice yet, the river would freeze and I might not be able to take the steamboat! I will have to button my coat and put on an…"

Farmington: Franklin County's Shiretown - Railroad into the Village

"… railroad bridge at this place against damage by ice freshets, three immense abutment ice-breakers are being constructed in the channel of the river…"

Guilford, Maine - Pre-Settlement And The First 100 Years

"First came the ice, then logs and ice, and finally buildings were seen in the water as it rose over 4 feet in 15 minutes."