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Historic Hallowell - Kennebec Wire Company

"Kennebec Wire Company Wire Mill, Hallowell, ca. 1880Hubbard Free Library Out of the many industries along the Bombahook and Vaughan Stream…"

Historic Hallowell - Seaport on the Kennebec

"Seaport on the Kennebec Eastern Steamship Company Wharf, Kennebec River, Hallowell, ca. 1890Hubbard Free Library In A Maritime History of Bath…"

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

"Sweat on the Kennebec ~ Hallowell Steam and Boom Company Hallowell Steam and Boom Company, Hallowell, ca. 1895Courtesy of Sumner A."

Historic Hallowell - The Opening & Closing of Hallowell's Shoe Companies

"O’Brien Electrophone Company moved in and took only one floor of the building. They stayed for five years and invented the car horn."

Historic Hallowell - Eastern Illustrating Company

"… Cassens, a young entrepreneur, started a postcard company, the Eastern Illustrating and Publishing Company, in the mid-coast town of Belfast, Maine."

Beyond Borders - Mapping Maine and the Northeast Boundary - The Plymouth Company (Kennebec Proprietors) records, ca. 1625-1824

"The Plymouth Company (Kennebec Proprietors) records, ca. 1625-1824 Kennebec Purchase Deed, October 27, 1661Maine Historical Society The…"

Historic Hallowell - The Boston Flint Company

"The Boston Flint Company Michaela Graves, Halley Lane, Danna Petersen & Natalie St. Hilaire Hallowell had a sandpaper mill which was built in 1880…"

Historic Hallowell - The Cotton Mill & The Johnson Shoe Company

"The Cotton Mill & The Johnson Shoe Company These days, there aren’t many major factories in our communities."

Historic Hallowell - Hallowell Waterfront - Page 2 of 2

"1890 Click on the picture and zoom-in for a closer look! Check out the kids fishing on the dock!Hubbard Free Library The wharf that was on the…"

Historic Hallowell - Wire, Ice, and Iron Industries

"… in Hallowell’s history were the Fuller Foundry, several ice houses, and the Kennebec Wire Company. Click on the links to find more information."

Historic Hallowell - Schooners, Steamers, Ships and Tankers

"… Della Collins, Eastern Steamship Company Wharf, Kennebec River, Hallowell, ca. 1890Hubbard Free Library The Zebedee E."

Historic Hallowell - Police and Fire Citations

"Laberge, Mike. “It’s 200 and counting.” Kennebec Journal 17 Mar. 1990 sam. Online interview. 27 Apr. 2011. snell, katherine H. hisoric hallowell."

Historic Hallowell - Early Industry and Bombahook

"In Hallowell, a point jutting into the Kennebec River known as Bombahook was a convenient location. The peninsula, known later as Sheppard's Point…"

Historic Hallowell - Logging

"Logging Hallowell Steam & Boom Company, Kennebec River, Hallowell, ca. 1890Hubbard Free Library Dani Sweet, Tylor Dubois, Ryan Sinclair, and…"

Historic Hallowell - History of The Cotton Mill

"In 1887, Payson changed the name to Kennebec River Mills. Row House, Hallowell, ca. 1935 Hallowell mill workers lived in The Row House on Second…"

Historic Hallowell - Hallowell Waterfront - Page 1 of 2

"Later in the 1940s and 50s, the waterfront was used by people along Water Street and a lumber company."

Historic Hallowell - Historic Hallowell Resources and Links

"… Historic Maps Hallowell, Kennebec Co., Maine (sheet 1, index) by Sanborn-Perris Map Company from 1890 In the collection of The David Rumsey…"

Historic Hallowell - The Vaughan Stream & Sawmills

"Another industry along the Bombahook, the Kennebec Light and Heat Company, was the first supplier of an electric current to Hallowell."

Historic Hallowell - Protect and Serve - Hallowell Fire and Police

"… his Deputies in Pownalborough until 1799, when Kennebec County was established. When the first Town Hall was constructed in 1828 it included a…"

Historic Hallowell - Johnson Brothers and Their Shoe Factory

"… of 1927, and the building was occupied by the Kennebec Shoe Company from 1934 to 1953.  Once they moved out, the abandoned building was torn down…"

Historic Hallowell - A Post-Revolutionary Generation

"… interests inherited from Benjamin Hallowell, the Kennebec Proprietor for whom the town was named. The Proprietors were a group of wealthy Boston…"

Beyond Borders - Mapping Maine and the Northeast Boundary - Kennebec Proprietors Biographies

"Kennebec Proprietors Biographies The Kennebec Proprietors came into being in 1749, when an association of Boston Merchants jumped into the land…"

Beyond Borders - Mapping Maine and the Northeast Boundary - Who were the Kennebec and Pejepscot Proprietors? - Page 4 of 7

"In the Kennebec Proprietors, someone who held eight out of the available 192 portions was considered to have a single share, worth approximately £216…"

Beyond Borders - Mapping Maine and the Northeast Boundary - Who were the Kennebec and Pejepscot Proprietors? - Page 7 of 7

"As agent for the Kennebec company, Samuel Goodwin alone delivered notice to several hundred families between 1749 and 1751, in nineteen communities…"