Maine Memory Network

Historic Hallowell - The Vaughan Stream & Sawmills

"Wire Mill Power, Vaughan Stream, Hallowell, ca. 1879 Hand drawn by John WallaceHubbard Free Library There were three dams that were on the Vaughan…"

Beyond Borders - Mapping Maine and the Northeast Boundary - Women in Colonial Economies - Page 1 of 4

"… limited access to formal political and economic power, and who are seldom centered in eighteenth-century historical sources."

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."

Western Maine Foothills Region - Rumford - Page 4 of 4

"… the spray – a sight to behold! – unbelievable the power of the water, the great river crashing to granite rock, white water exploding from granite…"

Beyond Borders - Mapping Maine and the Northeast Boundary - Women in Colonial Economies - Page 4 of 4

"… limited access to formal political and economic power, and who are seldom centered in eighteenth-century historical sources."

Beyond Borders - Mapping Maine and the Northeast Boundary - Project Partners

"… largest and most popular platform for people-powered research. This research is made possible by volunteers — more than a million people around the…"

Beyond Borders - Mapping Maine and the Northeast Boundary - Fixing Borders on the Land: The Northeastern Boundary in Treaties and Local Reality, 1763-1842 - Page 5 of 5

"… international border of 1842 is not as all powerful as it sometimes seems. It is important to recall that borders connect as well as separate, and…"

Biddeford History & Heritage Project - V. A Cascade of Booms & Busts (1790-1865) - Page 2 of 3

"Both men had hands in the Saco Water Power Company as well, the real estate and machinery arm of the venture."

Historic Hallowell - Days 6 & 7

"… storm caused so much damage throughout Maine that power companies from Massachusetts and New Hampshire came over to help reconnect power lines but…"

Surry by the Bay - Sawmills of Cunningham Ridge

"It was a small steam powered mill with a round rotary saw. The carriage, which moved the lumber along the saw, was short and referred to by locals as…"

Beyond Borders - Mapping Maine and the Northeast Boundary - Beyond Borders: an historical overview - Page 6 of 6

"Alexandra L. Montgomery, “Projecting Power in the Dawnland: Weaponizing Settlement in the Gulf of Maine World, 1710-1800” (Ph.D."

Beyond Borders - Mapping Maine and the Northeast Boundary - Beyond Borders: A Wabanaki Perspective - Page 4 of 4

"Alexandra L. Montgomery, “Projecting Power in the Dawnland: Weaponizing Settlement in the Gulf of Maine World, 1710-1800” (Ph.D."

Historic Hallowell - Early Industry and Bombahook

"The stream provided power for several mills including a sandpaper factory and wire mill that harnessed the power of water and gravity so critical to…"

Scarborough: They Called It Owascoag - Transportation Through the Years - Page 2 of 4

"… grade for the railroad.(3) Batteries that powered the trolleys were recharged and maintained at a power station in Dunstan."

Historic Hallowell - Lineman's Journal

"We had faulty transmission lines so when we fixed power in one place we lost power in another. When it wasn't the transmission lines, it would be the…"

Guilford, Maine - Early Manufacturing - Page 2 of 3

"Known as Guilford Woolen Company, it was leased to William Appleyard in 1868 who later purchased it (1876) and leased it to the Piscataquis Woolen Co."

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

"… Falls Realty (an outgrowth of the Rumford Falls Power Company) was established to develop these residences."

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…"

Historic Hallowell - Schooners, Steamers, Ships and Tankers

"… was a schooner that had competition from steam-powered freighters during the Great Depression. In 1941, the "Zebedee E. Cliff" and the "Maude M."

Biddeford History & Heritage Project - V. A Cascade of Booms & Busts (1790-1865) - Page 1 of 3

"Incorporation of the Saco Water Power Machine Company, 1837McArthur Public Library Matthew Cobb was the principal merchant in Biddeford during these…"

Historic Hallowell - Logging

"The Steam and Boom Company collected all the logs and put them through a saw mill. The saw mill would make the logs in different shapes and sizes, so…"

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…"

Historic Hallowell - History of The Cotton Mill

"The Cotton Mill was powered by steam engines. The steam engines were installed by Messrs, Freeman, and McClench."

Thomaston: The Town that Went to Sea - The End of Wooden Shipbuilding - 1910 to 1950

"When steam replaced wind power, most of the stately sailing ships were stripped of their spars and rigging and turned into barges for hauling coal…"