Maine Memory Network

Guilford, Maine - BUSINESSES - Page 3 of 3

"It was made of wood and horsehair plaster, with copper plating around the outside. The basement was made of bedrock and the pillars on the front…"

Maine's Swedish Colony, July 23, 1870 - Industry

"… with the loss of Atlas Plywood (the town’s major wood products industry) in 1935, signaled the end of “industrial” Stockholm."

Lincoln, Maine - Pulp mill, Lincoln, 1915 - Page 1 of 2

"A narrow gauge train dumped pulp wood into the mill pond. It was then sent to the wood room to make chips for the pulp mill."

Western Maine Foothills Region - Fires in Rumford

"… the result of unsupervised candles, lanterns, wood or oil stoves, or cigarettes from human hands. Rumford experienced numerous expensive fires."

Guilford, Maine - Early Manufacturing - Page 3 of 3

"… was sold in 2005 to the principals at Maine Wood Turnings who manufactured novelty items, wooden beads, furniture parts, and so on, but who also…"

Guilford, Maine - Early Manufacturing - Page 1 of 3

"… and in 1985 a subsidiary was initiated, Wood Chips, Inc., to utilize waste products and supply wood chips for energy for the plant as well as other…"

Presque Isle: The Star City - Working in Maine

"1900Aroostook County Historical and Art Museum Percival Baxter and Katahdin, ca. 1962Baxter State Park Del worked for the State of Maine in…"

Western Maine Foothills Region - Regional and Town History

"… A keen observer walking almost anywhere in the woods of western Maine will notice remnants of the past: stone walls that once enclosed open fields…"

Lubec, Maine - The Blizzard of '34 - Page 1 of 2

"had good supplies of coal, and wood on hand. Coal experienced no advance in price. Blizzard, Lubec, January 1934 Lubec Historical Society By…"

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

"… industry A shift in shipbuilding from wood to steel put Maine at a major disadvantage in an industry where the state previously had considerable…"

Lubec, Maine - Lubec's 1911 Centennial Celebration - Page 2 of 2

"… of the package in the form of nails, splinters of wood and bits of the lettering are eagerly sought for as relics of our hundred year remembrance.”…"

Lincoln, Maine - Mills & Paper Industry - Page 1 of 2

"… around Folsom and Upper Ponds, sending the wood down the streams for transport to the saw mill."

Lubec, Maine - The Lighthouse at West Quoddy Head

"… Quoddy Head Light Keepers Association But wood rots. Salt spray and dominating fog wreaked severe deterioration within twenty years."

Guilford, Maine - EXHIBITS

"… Exhibit includes the history of textile and wood manufacturing in Guilford. EARLY MANUFACTURING Industry came early to Guilford, and although…"

Western Maine Foothills Region - Dixfield - Page 4 of 5

"Webb River would prove invaluable to the wood industry sporting many a “log drive” in its heyday. Soon Mr."

Maine's Swedish Colony, July 23, 1870 - The History of Stockholm

"1930Stockholm Historical Society Settlement of wooded lots that were being cleared for farms began in 1881."

Lubec, Maine - Klondike: Lubec's Gold from Sea Water Hoax

"… critical to the top-secret operation was the high wood and barbed wire fence with its “No Admittance” signs that surrounded the facility."

Western Maine Foothills Region - Leonard Trask, the Wonderful Invalid

"… men to work at a location twelve miles into the woods from the nearest dwelling. They traveled through four feet of snow, but could not find the…"

Lincoln, Maine - Pulp and paper mill, Lincoln, 1945 - Page 1 of 2

"The mounds are pulp wood. To the left is the narrow gauge railroad going to the river. View additional information about this item on the Maine…"

Lincoln, Maine - Eastern Manufacturing Company, Lincoln, ca. 1920 - Page 1 of 2

"… of the photograph is a conveyor belt that put wood in a box car and shipped it to Brewer. View additional information about this item on the…"

Lincoln, Maine - Lincoln Pulp & Paper Mill, Lincoln, 1957 - Page 1 of 2

"… silos to the left can hold up to two hundred cords of wood chips. View additional information about this item on the Maine Memory Network."

Western Maine Foothills Region - A Man's Life in a Suitcase

"… reveal that he helped get in the ice for summer, wood for winter, and hay for the animals. He lived on a farm on Roxbury Road in Mexico."

Western Maine Foothills Region - Rumford - Page 3 of 4

"Jewelry makers, painters, photographers, wood-carvers, knitters, crocheters, spinners, weavers all offer their wares at these events."

Cumberland & North Yarmouth - "Main Streets" of North Yarmouth and Cumberland

"… churchgoers had a stream to ford and brush and woods to beat back! In January 1794, a group of settlers petitioned the "Court of the General…"