Maine Memory Network

Guilford, Maine - Early Manufacturing - Page 2 of 3

"This plant was enlarged and a floor added in 1907. The following year, the log jam and flood mentioned above occurred, sending two and a half million…"

Swan's Island: Six miles east of ordinary - II. Pinkies, wherries, skiffs and chebaccos: Early Settlement

"… with boat building, cooper’s shops, processing plants, and chandleries. With its resources of timber, granite, water power, fishing and hunting…"

Western Maine Foothills Region - For The Love Of Paper - Page 1 of 4

"… Paper, combining 20 pulp and paper manufacturing plants in Maine, Massachusetts, New Hampshire, Vermont, and Northern New York, which included the…"

Presque Isle: The Star City - History of Presque Isle

"… the future for the County and said that “when planted in season, are equal in quantity and quality to any…The climate and soil both seem[ed]…"

Farmington: Franklin County's Shiretown - Brief History

"Titcomb prepared well. He built a log home and planted crops for later use. He set out in 1780 with his, wife Betsey, her brother, a small son and a…"

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

"Bartlett rebuilt the wood turning plant, equipping it with a new water wheel to power the mill. Lester Henderson was influential in business and town…"

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

"C.H. Bartlett soon rebuilt a modern wood turning plant. A new water wheel with metal penstock and housing was installed which was rated for 150 horse…"

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

"… of Route 9 was marked with stone pillars and planted out with trees. Since the Civil War, many towns throughout New England had erected monuments…"

Mantor Library, University of Maine Farmington

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