Maine Memory Network

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

"Water powered sawmills were built on streams at the head of the harbor and Peters Cove. At the original settlement in Blue Hill Falls, mills were…"

Guilford, Maine - Early Manufacturing - Page 2 of 3

"A long shaft running up the bank to the mill was connected to a waterwheel which supplied most of the power necessary."

Swan's Island: Six miles east of ordinary - III. Boom, bustle, bust: The Steamboat Years to WWII

"Steam power ushered in a golden age of sorts for the island, with growth on all fronts. The first steam powered seiner, the Novelty, was commissioned…"

Lubec, Maine - Lubec History

"The Gazetteer of Maine, 1882 reported: “The tide power privilege available at North Lubec is equaled by very few on the entire coast."

Presque Isle: The Star City - Aroostook Valley Railroad

"He arranged for start-up capital for the power plant at Aroostook Falls and raised $20,000 from the people of Presque Isle to build a railroad…"

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

"… vicinity of a river which could be harnessed for power to run saw mills, shingle mills, grist mills, or anything else that needed more power than…"

Lincoln, Maine - Telegraphs & Telephones

"… the phone line are only really working for the power company because that is how the lines are connected."

Mount Desert Island: Shaped by Nature - Beginnings

"And various European powers had squabbled for a century and a half over their competing claims -- including the island."

Historic Hallowell - Logging

"… two tracks in the back for movement which was powered buy the steam engine, and also about four to ten sleds to carry the logs."

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

"… novelty mill making good use of available water power. A short distance from the girst mill was a shoe shop owned by John Metcalf."

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

"… been the site of a sawmill, gristmill, electric-power plant, novelty wood turning mill, and an axe factory."

Life on a Tidal River - The Great Bangor Floods: 1902 and 1976

"The power connections were shut off, but short circuits caused these fires. People watch as a man swims to the woman trapped on the roof of her car."

Scarborough: They Called It Owascoag - Catch of the Day: Clamming and Lobstering - Page 3 of 4

"Now the rope is typically placed over a roller powered by a hydraulic hauler that pulls a trap up from the ocean floor."

Scarborough: They Called It Owascoag - Catch of the Day: Clamming and Lobstering - Page 4 of 4

"Larger fiberglass boats; more powerful diesel engines; and modern equipment, such as hydraulic pot haulers, GPS, radar, etc., enable the lobster…"

Scarborough: They Called It Owascoag - Historical Overview - Page 3 of 4

"… inadequate for the increasingly larger and more powerful aircraft and airport operations moved to Stroudwater."

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Swan's Island: Six miles east of ordinary - IV. Transitions and troubles: Private enterprise shoulders an island’s needs

"In 1950, island generated power brought electricity to all homes. Energy is now supplied by a submarine cable."

Western Maine Foothills Region - Rumford - Page 1 of 4

"Mixer, resident engineer with the Rumford Falls Power Company. The culmination of Chisholm’s awareness of housing needs was the construction of…"

Western Maine Foothills Region - Mexico - Page 2 of 3

"… the Rumford Falls Paper Company, Rumford Falls Power Company, and the Rumford Falls and Rangeley Lakes Railroad."

Western Maine Foothills Region - About the Project

"… believe this project has the potential to be a powerful service learning project and plan to add the necessary components to make service learning…"

Malaga Island: a story best left untold - Resources, Links, and Bibliography for Malaga Island: A Story Best Left Untold

"… No Greater Abomination: Ethnicity, Class, and Power Relations on Malaga Island, Maine, 1880-1912, 1991, Masters Thesis, University of Southern…"

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

"… a new saw and grist mill and increased the water power by improving the dam. There was a carding mill operated by Mr."

Surry by the Bay - Nineteenth Century

"… hills and steams/The streams that furnished water power/Before days we knew of steam. But the mills that once run buzzing saws/Have now gone to…"

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

"With its resources of timber, granite, water power, fishing and hunting, Swan’s Island made an attractive settlement site for families and traveling…"