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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 - Commerce on the Kennebec

"… Free Library Hallowell’s Commerce on the Kennebec includes treacherous logging on the Kennebec, shipbuilding in Hallowell, very famous Hallowell…"

Historic Hallowell - Seaport on the Kennebec

"1890Hubbard Free Library In A Maritime History of Bath and the Kennebec River Region, William Avery Baker pointed out that ..."

Historic Hallowell - Commerce on the Kennebec Citations

"4, 2010). Hunton, F. D., Kennebec River Flood, Business district, Hallowell, 1870, Hallowell ME, 1870, http://www.mainememory.net/bin/Detail?ln=29193…"

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

"The river is calm and workers are dressed in pants and long sleeved shirts. Hallowell was the location of the great sorting boom for down-river mills."

Historic Hallowell - News Article by Emily Markham

"The Kennebec River has wrecked $1,000,000 worth of Hallowell all together, and without any effort. This was a very hard time for every one and…"

Historic Hallowell - “Maine’s Century” Ends

"… and environmental groups to promote the continued revitalization of the Kennebec through the Kennebec River Initiative. Next step in our journey."

Historic Hallowell - Meeting at Koussinok

"Meeting at Koussinok Kennebec River Hubbard Free Library Late in the fall of 1625 a small boat with seven men aboard slowly made its way up…"

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 - Schooners, Steamers, Ships and Tankers

"They could go from Hallowell to as far away as Cuba. Last Tanker, Kennebec River, 1966Hubbard Free Library"

Historic Hallowell - Solid Foundations - Hallowell Granite

"Hallowell is no exception. The Kennebec River is the thoroughfare. While, like most communities in Maine the first resource exploited was timber…"

Historic Hallowell - John Calvin Stevens House

"… classic shingle style home sits high above the Kennebec River town of Hallowell, Maine. Note the turret and open, rounded porch which are drawn…"

Historic Hallowell - Hallowell Floods Citations

"4, 2010). Hunton, F. D., Kennebec River Flood, Business district, Hallowell, 1870, Hallowell ME, 1870, http://www.mainememory.net/bin/Detail?ln=29193…"

Historic Hallowell - Hallowell History Bibliography

"A Maritime History of Bath and the Kennebec River Region. Bath, ME.: Marine Research Society of Bath, 1973. "Seaport on the Kennebec" Vol."

Historic Hallowell - Hallowell Floods

"The flood hit the community on the night of March 13, 1936. In Augusta, the flood stage for the Kennebec River was up to 13 feet."

Historic Hallowell - Ice Cutting

"… like “Ice Mania”, covered the shores of the Kennebec River. Ice men are guiding ice blocks toward the steam-powered conveyor belt."

Historic Hallowell - Logging

"When they got shipped down the Kennebec, they went to the Steam and Boom Company in Hallowell. The Steam and Boom Company collected all the logs and…"

Historic Hallowell - Transportation

"… Cotton was delivered to the Cotton Mill on the Kennebec river to Hallowell by sailing ship. Once the ship was at the dock, the cotton was brought…"

Historic Hallowell - Captains and Their Ships

"… on Schooners and Steamers, including Tankers within this paragraph. Socony Tanker, Kennebec River, Hallowell, 1957Hubbard Free Library"

Historic Hallowell - Our Journey Home

"… of places -- a wilderness area well inland on the Kennebec River. The people who came here to begin a new life determined to make it more than a…"

Historic Hallowell - Industry on Bombahook

"… the city of Bombay India, and the hook in the Kennebec River just below the point. There is no documentation for either theory."

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 - The Opening & Closing of Hallowell's Shoe Companies

"… shut down, three years after changing the name to Kennebec River Mills. In December of 1895, a violent storm ripped off a section of the roof of…"

Historic Hallowell - History Celebrated, Threatened and Preserved

"… highway, by razing all the buildings between the Kennebec River and Water Street, including the commercial areas known as Merchant’s Row and…"