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Historic Hallowell - Ice Cutting and Ice Houses on the Bombahook

"Arthur Moore Ice House, Hallowell, ca. 1934Hubbard Free Library Ice harvesting was a very important job in Hallowell’s history."

Historic Hallowell - Ice Cutting and Ice Houses on the Bombahook

"Arthur Moore Ice House, Hallowell, ca. 1934Hubbard Free Library Ice harvesting was a very important job in Hallowell’s history."

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

"… more or less – 84 dwelling houses, 12 school houses, 14 meeting houses [among them the first congregational and baptist churches in blue hill] and…"

Historic Hallowell - The City of Hallowell

"Police officers were dealing with downed power lines, blocking them off and removing them if they were deemed unsafe."

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."

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…"

Historic Hallowell - Ice Storm Summary Notes

"Many houses where crushed by trees that had been iced over and many people wondered if their trees will survive."

Historic Hallowell - Day 5

"People that were still with out power ended up going to a civic center where it would be warmer. Governor Angus King said that the cost to CMP and…"

Historic Hallowell - Day 8

"… streets, cars, power lines, tree limbs and many houses without heat and power. It was beautiful and wonderful in a dangerous way."

Swan's Island: Six miles east of ordinary - Kids at the quarry

"… the granite to boilers that generated the steam power for the quarry tools. The kids even got to get their hands dirty as they excavated for…"

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…"

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…"

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."

Historic Hallowell - Wire, Ice, and Iron Industries

"A few main industries that played an important part in Hallowell’s history were the Fuller Foundry, several ice houses, and the Kennebec Wire Company."

Western Maine Foothills Region - For The Love Of Paper - Page 2 of 4

"Rumford Falls Power completed an expansion of their power generation capabilities in 1954 by installing two new penstocks from the middle canal to…"

John Martin: Expert Observer - First electric railroad car in Bangor, 1889

"… had – had a ride in a car propeled by no visible power." His description and the illustration are on page 28 of a scrapbook he wrote in 1888-1889."

Historic Hallowell - Ice Storm Day 1

"It knocked out over 185,000 people’s power in Maine. Tree limbs had knocked onto peoples houses and roads,damaging about everything."

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…"

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 - 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…"

Skowhegan Community History - Farming in the Skowhegan Area

"The first means of power for a farm was ox power and that was very hard and it was slow. Later, horses were used to cultivate the soil and work the…"

Historic Hallowell - Day 3 - Page 1 of 2

"Repairing power lines, fixing the poles, and toughing out the cold. They worked their hardest without a break."

Lubec, Maine - The Lighthouse at West Quoddy Head

"Steam powered the 19th Century, and eventually fog signals at lighthouses. That shed first housed a hot-air horn, then in 1868 a steam whistle…"