Maine Memory Network

Thomaston: The Town that Went to Sea - Early Wharves and Yards - 1795 to 1825

"Early Wharves and Yards - 1795 to 1825 Site of Vose's Wharf, Thomaston, Maine 2009Thomaston Historical Society Philip Hanson arrived from…"

Lincoln, Maine - Railroads

"The train fell off the tracks in my yard once when I was little, and it rolled over. My grandfather told me about it."

Lincoln, Maine - Solomon's Store

"I saved up $5 from babysitting and raking the yard to afford new school clothes this year. I didn’t have a job last summer, so I didn’t get any new…"

Lincoln, Maine - Gordon's Fox Farms

"… he ran down the stairs and out the door into the yard. The leaves on the trees and ground were orange, yellow and brown."

Lincoln, Maine - That Pioneer Spirit

"… burst through the road surface, leaving a hole a yard in diameter. Despite “numerous and extensive” washouts, Lincoln town crews refused to quit…"

Western Maine Foothills Region - Building Boom and Piers above the Falls

"… that the best plan would be to let a job by the yard to blast away the rock there and put in the piers at the lower end of the dam and the filling…"

Western Maine Foothills Region - For The Love Of Paper - Page 3 of 4

"… Star Coater, which would be placed in the north yard of the Rumford Mill. This addition would require many alterations and additions to processes…"

Biddeford History & Heritage Project - The Civil War/Reconstruction Era as Experienced in Biddeford & Saco - Page 4 of 17

"… a contract for the New York Harlem Bridge and a bridge in Philadelphia to provide 25,000 yards of stone to New York and 600 for Philadelphia."

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

"… time of her launching from the Burgess O’Brien yard. Enormous crowds gathered to witness the launch of the 275’ ship."

Biddeford History & Heritage Project - RESOURCES

"(A) Rumery's Boat Yard: on the Saco River, Biddeford, Maine. Rumery's Boat Yard. Web. 1 Feb. 2010. (S) Salvas-Coulombe Theatre Collection (1885-1991)."

Blue Hill, Maine - Shipbuilding: An Important Early Industry

"The Tradition Continues...... Webber's Cove Boat Yard in East Blue Hill, owned and operated by Matt Cousins, 2010."

Skowhegan Community History - Kennebec River Log Drive

"… someone to help unload at the landing (called a yard man). The team worked hard -- two choppers could cut 6-7,000 feet of logs a day."

Thomaston: The Town that Went to Sea - Shipbuilding Industry Expands - 1850 to 1857

"Chapman and Flint laid out a new yard on the Narrows (a narrowing of the river northwest of the Wadsworth Street bridge) near John Paine’s original…"

Scarborough: They Called It Owascoag - Maritime Tales: Shipyards and Shipwrecks - Page 1 of 2

"Most of the pines measured about a yard across and one hundred feet high and grew so close to each other there was no room for limbs to sprout for…"

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

"… her father, as a boy, served up the grog at the yard where her grandfather, Asa Clough, Jr., was ship’s carpenter and master builder."

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

"Flake Yard, Portland, 1854Maine Historical Society The fishing industry Before the advent of refrigeration on vessels, Maine's fishing villages…"

Mount Desert Island: Shaped by Nature - Rustication

"… small store, a blacksmith, a shoemaker, a tanning yard, a woolen factory, at least four mills, two shipyards, a schoolhouse, and a church."

Cumberland & North Yarmouth - Representative Industries of Cumberland and North Yarmouth

"… who married Dorcas Pratt, established his yard on the northeast side of the Royal River in 1826."

Surry by the Bay - Nineteenth Century

"The yard goods sold at the store he operated at Newbury Neck came from Boston, New York and other ports in ships which Coggins owned."

Bath's Historic Downtown - History Overview

"The flood of workers, as many as 3,000 for the Texas Steamship yard and 1,400 for BIW, brought Bath’s daytime population to an estimated 20,000, a…"

Life on a Tidal River - Early Railroads in Bangor - Page 1 of 2

"1910Bangor Public Library M.C.R.R. Freight Yards, Bangor, ca. 1905Bangor Public Library M.C.R.R. Station and Draw Bridge, Bangor, ca."

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

"About 18000 cubic yard of earth have been received up to the present; 9000 from the Depot grounds in West Farmington, the west end of the bridge and…"

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

"… house was built in 1845 with bricks from this yard. Herbert W. Kennison, a tailor, postmaster, and druggist in the North Village manufactured a…"

Islesboro--An Island in Penobscot Bay - Historical Overview

"… between three miles at its widest point and a few yards at the Narrows, depending on the tide. The bedrock geology of Islesboro and surrounding…"