Maine Memory Network

Historic Hallowell - The Vaughan Stream & Sawmills

"Some were powered by dams like the Wire Mill Dam. The dams worked like this. First, the water behind the dam flew through a pipe connected to a…"

Western Maine Foothills Region - Hugh J. Chisholm, Sr. - Page 1 of 2

"… rights above and around the Falls, his plans for dams, canal, mills, a power company, and a water district could not be finalized."

Historic Hallowell - Industry at the Mouth of the Vaughan Stream

"The turbine turned gears, wheels, and belts that powered the mill machinery. Whiting was made from finely powdered chalk."

Skowhegan Community History - The Skowhegan Island

"Central Maine Power X X men working on the damSkowhegan History House The swinging bridge was originally built for a local farmer to…"

Historic Hallowell - Energy

"Stickney & Page Dam, Cascade, Hallowell, 1871Hubbard Free Library In homes the basic electricity was electric lights, for people who could afford…"

Lincoln, Maine - Mills & Paper Industry - Page 1 of 2

"… sent Ira Fish and 17 other men north to build dams for saw mills on Mattanawcook Stream. That winter, the men cut 5,000,000 board feet of lumber…"

Historic Hallowell - Kennebec Wire Company

"The Wire Mill Dam, Vaughan Woods, Hallowell, ca. 1910Courtesy of Sumner A. Webber, Sr., an individual partner"

Old Berwick Historical Society

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

"… and increased the water power by improving the dam. There was a carding mill operated by Mr. Purvis south of the bridge, near Mr."

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."

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

"Chisholm became reality with canals being dug and dams being built to harness the water power. The waters were diverted to canals to service 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…"

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…"

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."

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

"… ice, logs flowed down the river and created a dam, causing the water to back up. When the water overflowed onto the banks, the Great Bangor Flood…"

Western Maine Foothills Region - Rumford - Page 1 of 4

"… Scotland, Ireland, England, came to build the dams, canals, brick structures, and other buildings on the Island, and manage the mills."

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…"

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…"