Maine Memory Network

Guilford, Maine - NARRATIVE

"… unlike most early settlements, an old fashioned mill-town. Come back with us and share our history in these three segments that relate our story."

Historic Hallowell - Hallowell Floods

"… Library Flood, Joppa viewed from Cotton Mill, Hallowell, 1936Hubbard Free Library The river also was getting its spring flow of water which…"

Historic Hallowell - Ice Harvesting on Cascade Pond ~ A Family Affair

"You would insulate it with sawdust from the mills. That would go on until the ice house was full. Weston's Ox TeamHubbard Free Library…"

Islesboro--An Island in Penobscot Bay - Businesses and Cottage Industries

"… and special needs, including a gristmill, saw mills and even a clam factory, which existed briefly during the 1950's F.S."

Guilford, Maine - WELCOME

"… Welcome to Guilford, a small central Maine mill town with an industrial heritage reaching back two hundred years; young, as far as towns go in…"

Islesboro--An Island in Penobscot Bay - Historical Overview

"… Mid-Island, consisting of Guinea, Hewes Point and Mill Creek; and Down Island, or Dark Harbor. The Town Hall was centrally located, and oftentimes…"

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

"The mill burned in February 1912 but was quickly rebuilt. Another plant was built in the early 1920s to make clothespins, peavey and pick-pole…"

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

"Steam mills and blockmakers were located at both ends of Water Street, and there were lumber mills to provide for both ship planking and house…"

Thomaston: The Town that Went to Sea - Thomaston is Incorporated - 1777

"… from Providence, RI, settling in the vicinity of Mill River, where he started many industries, resuming the quarrying of lime and trading at…"

Thomaston: The Town that Went to Sea - Early 1800s

"… the bridge and to the north, upon which several mills and a marble factory were built. <- Prev. Page .............................. Next Page ->"

Thomaston: The Town that Went to Sea - The Fales Edgarton House

"The Fales families on High Street above the Mill Creek/River joined him soon after. Capes on Elliot Street, Thomaston, Maine 2008Thomaston…"

Historic Hallowell - The Boston Flint Company

"Ben Tenney, and located above the Wire Mill Road on the Vaughan Stream. Sandpaper Mill, Vaughan Stream, Hallowell, ca 1910Courtesy of Sumner A."

Historic Hallowell - Industrial Technology

"… Sydney Perry & Maggie Pomerleau Cotton Mill, Academy Street, Hallowell, ca. 1890Hubbard Free Library Hallowell schools, energy in Hallowell…"

Historic Hallowell - Transportation

"There were some winter obstacles involved getting cotton to the mill, such as ice on the river, making it hard to get the cotton delivered."

Surry by the Bay - Sawmills of Cunningham Ridge

"Other parts, such as the boiler, were sold as scrap metal. The steam engine still rests in the woods at the former mill location alongside the old…"

Historic Hallowell - Child Labor

"The mill employed young children and had to meet Hallowell School Board standards at its mill-run school."

Historic Hallowell - Hallowell Iron Foundry

"The Hallowell Cotton Mill had a blacksmith shop located on site with the Cotton Mill. Even though they had a blacksmith on site, they needed…"

Historic Hallowell - Wire, Ice, and Iron Industries

"… Lilly Ly, Maggie Marseglia & Thea Sweet Wire Mill, Hallowell, ca. 1880Hubbard Free Library Many prominent industries in historic Hallowell…"

Historic Hallowell - Communication

"Communication Hallowell Cotton Mill, Academy Street, ca. 1885Hubbard Free Library According to Sumner Webber, local historian, “People in the…"

Historic Hallowell - Industry and Immigrants-A Changing Community

"The Cotton Mill, built in 1844 as the Hallowell Cotton Factory, initially relied on ships to carry cotton to its looms and coal to its steam plant…"

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

"The former mill buildings are slowly being refinished and repurposed into modern residences and boutique manufacturing and business space."

Lincoln, Maine - Steamboats

"Steamboats Kirstie Austin "Research your topic and summarize the ‘who, what, when, and where’ in the form of a few paragraphs" Steamboat…"

Lincoln, Maine - Gary Gordon

"Gary Gordon Responses from four students in Mrs. Harris' Social Studies class can be viewed below: Sierrah Davis "Research your topic and summarize…"

Lincoln, Maine - Welcome

"Welcome X Thank you for visiting the Lincoln section of the MCHP Maine Memory Network website."