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Old Berwick Historical Society

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Skowhegan Community History - The Skowhegan Island

"The Skowhegan Island Skowhegan dam X Fishing on the Kennebec X by Kate Hodgdon, Scott Clarke, and Gus Hoy Skowhegan Island has been a…"

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

"Purvis south of the bridge, near Mr. Mountford's mill, but it crumbled to decay. Mr. L. H. Wilson's mill on the same stream is on the site of an old…"

Highlighting Historical Hampden - Bob's Bears

"… a leisurely bath in the impoundment behind the dam. The bears had arrived in two vehicles, one a sort of pick-up truck with a cage attached on the…"

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

"North Dam Mill, 2010. Photograph by Kylie Clukey, Biddeford High School. X For more information..."

Guilford, Maine - Pre-Settlement And The First 100 Years

"Saw Logs Over the Dam, Guilford, ca. 1880Guilford Historical Society On February 16 of 1806, Robert Low Jr."

Guilford, Maine - BUILDINGS - Page 3 of 5

"… section kept on going and went down over the dam in Dover-Foxcroft. In 1858, the townspeople of Guilford decided to contract Isaac F."

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

"This was a good dam, lumber mill, grist mill, clover and starch factory. Later a school house was built."

Surry by the Bay - Nineteenth Century

"… valley known as Eastern River until 1830 when dams were built to operate saw mills . Still, despite economic travails and some neighborhood…"

Lincoln, Maine - Ira Fish

"… of 1825, he and a group of other men built a dam. In the winter of 1825-26, Ira and his crew put 5,000,000 feet of pine logs in the water."

Guilford, Maine - Early Manufacturing - Page 2 of 3

"… Historical Society In 1824, the first dam across the Piscataquis River in Guilford was erected, and another sawmill built alongside it on the…"

Presque Isle: The Star City - Arthur R. Gould

"The mill was powered by water from the dam across the Presque Isle Stream. Shingles, clapboards, and laths were shipped to the Boston market while…"

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

"… now the corner of the Bog Road and the Long Falls Dam Road. The next was directly across the street beside the Kimball Block (Kennison's Drugstore)."

Lubec, Maine - Timeline

"… 1919 • Passamaquoddy Tidal Project proposed – two dams built in Eastport, one partially constructed in Lubec."

Farmington: Franklin County's Shiretown - Education

"… Falls consisted of a number of mills and a dam to provide water power for those mills; there were equally as many mills and homes surrounding the…"

Presque Isle: The Star City - John R Braden

"His dam was Braden Girl. Early lessons given to John R Braden did not indicate that he had the ability to become a great race horse."