Maine Memory Network

Edmund S. Muskie Archives and Special Collections Library

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Otisfield Historical Society

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Bangor Public Library

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Strong, a Mussul Unsquit village - Groups, Clubs & Organizations - Page 2 of 3

"… GAR also encouraged the preservation of Civil War sites, relics, and historic documents. Cannons and field-pieces were placed in many towns or…"

Historic Hallowell - Hallowell History From a 7th Grade Perspective

"… to many other exhibits including The Cotton Mill, Johnson Shoe Factory as well as some history about the Vaughan Stream. Mr."

Lubec, Maine - Timeline

"… North Lubec, built on the site of former plaster mill at “Devil’s Half Acre”, called The Lubec Packing Company 1881 – 1898 • 23 sardine factories…"

Skowhegan Community History - A Brief History of the Skowhegan Area

"Soon after this, a fulling and carding mill was constructed to process wool. Waterpower generated from the middle channel of the sluiceway supported…"

Presque Isle: The Star City - Native Americans

"By the time that John Fairbanks built his mill at Presque Isle in 1836, native people had been driven off of much of their traditional land by…"

Lubec, Maine - Lubec History

"Flour produced by his grist mill helped provide a more varied diet for area residents. In 1832 a canal connecting Johnson Bay and South Bay was dug…"

Presque Isle: The Star City - History of Presque Isle

"… of land on which he built a grist mill and saw mill, plotted half acre lots and planned streets as the foundation for the settlement of Fairbanks…"

New Portland: Bridging the Past to the Future - Bridges of West New Portland

"… Images from New Portland Historical Society Grist Mill Bridge: The Grist Mill Bridge, also known as one of the Twin Bridges (along with Gould Hill…"

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

"At the original settlement in Blue Hill Falls, mills were powered by the tidal currents alternately flooding and emptying the Salt Pond."

Lubec, Maine - McCurdy Herring Smokehouse - Page 4 of 4

"… lids for boxes, as they came from a local “box mill.” On the bench is a jig with box ends and sides shown in assembly with nails and hammer."

Thomaston: The Town that Went to Sea - Henry Knox: Lime Works

"… and we may next week have two more from the mills. But we should want six or seven more. It is my anxious desire to have cut and hauled out of the…"

Presque Isle: The Star City - Arthur R. Gould

"Gould asked for a tour of the mill. After the tour, the two stopped to sit on a log and talk. Gould felt that the mill was in poor shape and needed…"

Farmington: Franklin County's Shiretown - Brief History

"… allowed interested citizens to experience a site-by-site walking tour of Farmington’s early history."

Life on a Tidal River - Narrative

"… smaller water sources provided sites for future mills. The Penobscot River itself provided a smooth and reliable source of transportation to the…"

Guilford, Maine - Modern History: 1966 to Present

"The mills dried themselves off and were going full tilt once again, a $20 million state-of-the-art yarn manufacturing facility was planned by…"

Farmington: Franklin County's Shiretown - Education

"… mills and a dam to provide water power for those mills; there were equally as many mills and homes surrounding the dam on both the Farmington Falls…"

Eastern Maine Medical Center

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Mantor Library, University of Maine Farmington

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