Maine Memory Network

Biddeford History & Heritage Project - V. A Cascade of Booms & Busts (1790-1865) - Page 1 of 3

"Incorporation of the Saco Water Power Machine Company, 1837McArthur Public Library Matthew Cobb was the principal merchant in Biddeford during these…"

Historic Clothing Collection - 1920-1930 - Page 3 of 3

"… dress entirely covered with red and green machine embroidery. Knee length party dresses include a royal blue solid beaded sleeveless chemise; a…"

Historic Clothing Collection - 1950-1960 - Page 2 of 4

"… colored heavy rayon taffeta dress featuring machine embroidered swirls embellishing the full skirt, which is designed to be worn with a supportive…"

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

"1 and 3 Paper Machines were shut down as they were not contributing to profits. Ethyl had Beloit redesign No."

Historic Hallowell - The Tiger and the Lion

"… Hallowell, 1843Hubbard Free Library The machine was built to be hauled by a horse team or truck."

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

"… would go after school to play pool or the pinball machine. There was a drug store called Rexol. It served hot peanuts and ice cream."

Life on a Tidal River - Fashion of the '40s

"… women went to work in factories to help make machines. Because of this new need for women in the workplace, it meant that women’s styles would have…"

Historic Clothing Collection - 1960-1970 - Page 1 of 3

"… Mitchell and Braun," is pale blue with a heavy machine lace bodice, a belted waist, and long knit Crimplene skirt of narrow permanently heat set…"

Guilford, Maine - Veterans Tributes - Page 1 of 2

"… of the lines and succeeded in destroying several machine guns and killing numerous enemy riflemen. His gallant and heroic actions were an…"

Lincoln, Maine - Jonathan Clay Jr.

"and they have to use big machines with traffic coming in every direction. When you’re in war, you have to move around a lot and try not to get hurt…"

Farmington: Franklin County's Shiretown - Chester Greenwood

"He built and patented a boring machine, which was used in the wood turning industry. The last thing he patented was a spring-tooth rake."

Guilford, Maine - Early Manufacturing - Page 1 of 3

"A new machine shop was added in 1993, a larger warehouse in 1995, and the company continues to expand as a well established presence in the medical…"

Guilford, Maine - MANUFACTURING - Page 1 of 2

"From the moulder, which is a machine that shapes wood with cutters like sharp knives, they went into wood-turning lathes."

Scarborough: They Called It Owascoag - Transportation Through the Years - Page 4 of 4

"… different production stations (welding, wood, machine, and paint shops) and exit on the other side of the building a finished fire truck ready for…"

Strong, a Mussul Unsquit village - Wood Products of Strong

"… Society Charles Forster of Boston developed a machine to mass-produce toothpicks. After experimenting with many species of wood he determined that…"

Surry by the Bay - Sawmills of Cunningham Ridge

"… a Briggs and Stratton engine, and added a shingle machine which he powered with a Ford 8N tractor. Wilbur's sawmill has not been run in decades…"

Lincoln, Maine - MacGregor's Spool Mill

"… wood from the local area and they used different machines that upgraded and changed over time. John MacGregor was born in the Highlands of Scotland…"

Historic Hallowell - A Post-Revolutionary Generation

"… societies, India trade, turnpikes, physics, brick machines etc., bridges, bank stock, Society To Direct Foreigners, aquaducts etc., etc., etc."

Historic Hallowell - Ice Cutting and Ice Houses on the Bombahook

"The ice plow was a weighted, horse-drawn machine with a row of sharp teeth which cut a narrow furrow six or seven inches deep."

Historic Hallowell - Ice Cutting and Ice Houses on the Bombahook

"The ice plow was a weighted, horse-drawn machine with a row of sharp teeth which cut a narrow furrow six or seven inches deep."

Historic Hallowell - Logging

"… thing is that it took four men to operate this machine: an engineer, firman, steersman, and conductor. Another tool was the Peavy stick."

Life on a Tidal River - Three Civil War Letters - Page 2 of 4

"… Army of the Potomac into a well-drilled military machine.Bangor Historical Society Gen. McClellan has issued an order to stop the Rations of Bacon…"

Scarborough: They Called It Owascoag - Catch of the Day: Clamming and Lobstering - Page 2 of 4

"… a need for more structures, trucks, a machine repair shop, employees and clam draggers. The factory was successful and ultimately employed…"

Swan's Island: Six miles east of ordinary - IV. Transitions and troubles: Private enterprise shoulders an island’s needs

"Swan’s Island cars were often patched-together machines that were repaired enough to handle the shorter distances of island travel."