Maine Memory Network

Highlighting Historical Hampden - Expansion

"The Stearns Lumber Company in East Hampden employed many Hampden men. From its modest beginnings in Brewer in 1836, the Stearns mill became one of…"

Surry by the Bay - Sawmills of Cunningham Ridge

"The carriage, which moved the lumber along the saw, was short and referred to by locals as a "snap-dragon." Around 1906 Hollis bought a steam engine…"

Biddeford History & Heritage Project - The Civil War/Reconstruction Era as Experienced in Biddeford & Saco - Page 12 of 17

"B Company served as Home Guards meaning they were called into service for the protection of public property within the State."

Biddeford History & Heritage Project - The Civil War/Reconstruction Era as Experienced in Biddeford & Saco - Page 5 of 17

"Saco Water Power Company of York Manufacturing, built the Laconia Mills on the Biddeford side of the river in 1844, then started Pepperell…"

Bath's Historic Downtown - History Overview

"Whether as a means of transporting of lumber for building ships in the 18th and 19th centuries, as a conduit for national and international commerce…"

Biddeford History & Heritage Project - V. A Cascade of Booms & Busts (1790-1865) - Page 2 of 3

"These men & their companies would start and operate the Laconia and finally Pepperell Manufacturing Companies on the Biddeford side of the river as…"

Highlighting Historical Hampden - Expansion

"The Stearns Lumber Company in East Hampden employed many Hampden men. From its modest beginnings in Brewer in 1836, the Stearns mill became one of…"

Historic Hallowell - Early Industry and Bombahook

"The woodworking shop milled lumber and produced cut lumber and moldings for carpenters and cabinetmakers, and also produced wood-block patterns for…"

Historic Hallowell - Hallowell Waterfront - Page 1 of 2

"… was used by people along Water Street and a lumber company. Shepard's Wharf was also on the waterfront and was the head of navigation for all large…"

Presque Isle: The Star City - Native Americans

"… people benefited from labor opportunities in lumbering and agriculture. They produced ash tool handles, canoes and paddles, and the ash baskets for…"

Biddeford History & Heritage Project - The Civil War/Reconstruction Era as Experienced in Biddeford & Saco - Page 11 of 17

"The first company of Biddeford volunteers left in May of 1861. By October of 1862, more than half of all able-bodied men were in the armed services."

Presque Isle: The Star City - John R Braden

"Phair in the lumber and starch business where he toiled for 30 years. The Mooseleuk Club decided at the time they purchased Braden that “Uncle” John…"

Life on a Tidal River - Narrative

"Lumber along waterfront, Bangor, ca. 1860Bangor Historical Society The settlement of a long-standing boundary dispute between the United States and…"

Biddeford History & Heritage Project - The Civil War/Reconstruction Era as Experienced in Biddeford & Saco - Page 7 of 17

"They were later bought by Pepperell Manufacturing Company by 1900 and became Laconia Division of the Pepperell Mills."

Biddeford History & Heritage Project - II. Ripples of change: European exploration & settlement at Winter Harbor - Page 1 of 2

"… an English aristocrat and member of the Plymouth Company, was determined to overcome the difficulties that had plagued the Popham Colony…"

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

"Weese of Chicago. The company was called Carrabassett Dowel Company. Some of the local people found employment at this mill."

Historic Hallowell - Logging

"The Steam and Boom Company collected all the logs and put them through a saw mill. The saw mill would make the logs in different shapes and sizes, so…"

Thomaston: The Town that Went to Sea - Early History - 1719 to 1740

"… a double sawmill on Mill River to serve as a lumber supply for crude cabins to house the arriving families."

Biddeford History & Heritage Project - RESOURCES

"… first hundred years of the Pepperell Manufacturing Company, incorporated February 16, 1844. Boston: Pepperell Manufacturing Company, 1945. (N)"

Thomaston: The Town that Went to Sea - The End of Wooden Shipbuilding - 1910 to 1950

"… and turned into barges for hauling coal and lumber. The Reine Marie StewartThomaston Historical Society The decline of wooden shipbuilding…"

Thomaston: The Town that Went to Sea - The "Edward O'Brien", the "Washington B. Thomas", & "Edna Hoyt"

"In Aug 1937 she loaded 1,500,000’ of lumber at Halifax and sailed for Belfast, Ireland. From there she moved on to Cardiff, Wales, to load coal for…"

Surry by the Bay - Early Settlement

"Plenty of trees and finished lumber were available. The first sawmill was built on Union River in 1768, and soon after, sawmills appeared on Patten…"

Biddeford History & Heritage Project - VIII. Changing course and new beginnings (1955-Present) - Page 1 of 2

"The companies worked hard to innovate and improve themselves, but the post-war economies and business environment were setting them on a path of…"

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

"… was president of the Swan’s Island telephone company, one of his many enterprises. Another resident, Russell Burns, was the island lineman for many…"