Maine Memory Network

Thomaston: The Town that Went to Sea - Thomaston Narrative

"… at Monhegan, Captain Waymouth re-anchored his ship Archangel off the islands at the base of the St."

Lincoln, Maine - Railroads

"Railroad, tracks Delivering, connecting, shipping Lincoln people, mail, and goods Transportation Works Cited Train Collision in Lincoln Center…"

Historic Hallowell - Transportation Challenge

"Transfer to the ships was done at the granite wharf near the intersection of Water and Temples Streets."

Maine's Swedish Colony, July 23, 1870 - Industry

"By the middle of 1904, the company was shipping two cars of product each week. The company also ran a starch factory from 1904 to 1909, when it was…"

Historic Hallowell - Commerce on the Kennebec

"… schooners and steamboats, hazardous ice cutting, shipping, whaling, and also the waterfront. This exhibit was created in 2011 by the 7th Grade…"

Historic Hallowell - Transportation

"Once the ship was at the dock, the cotton was brought up to the mill by horse and wagon. When the cotton was shipped out, they were brought to other…"

Historic Hallowell - Hallowell Waterfront - Page 2 of 2

"… that was on the Kennebec is like a dock where ships could come and go. The wharf was located on Water Street."

Presque Isle: The Star City - Carroll's Auto Sales - Page 3 of 3

"Citroens came from France so they had to be shipped overseas. The Citroens were very small. I remember one time one of the guys I worked with parked…"

Lincoln, Maine - Eastern Manufacturing Company, Lincoln, ca. 1920 - Page 1 of 2

"… is a conveyor belt that put wood in a box car and shipped it to Brewer. View additional information about this item on the Maine Memory Network."

Historic Hallowell - Joppa

"… was very popular with the sailors who came in on ships from foreign ports. One night sailors from Joppa, near Jerusalem, where involved in a riot…"

Presque Isle: The Star City - Harvesting Potatoes - Page 1 of 13

"… was needed to plant, cultivate, harvest, and ship potato products. During the late 1800s and the early 1900s Presque Isle and many Aroostook County…"

Historic Hallowell - Whaling

"Although whaling ships were built here and used in Massachusetts, only four or five of them ever left a Maine port to go on a whaling voyage."

Historic Hallowell - Ice Cutting

"Tons and tons of ice was shipped south during the later half of the 19th century. Forty-two ice houses like “Ice Mania”, covered the shores of the…"

Historic Hallowell - Wood Ashes or Gold Dust?

"… a farmer could produce, and large quantities were shipped from Hallowell until the middle of the 19th century."

Lincoln, Maine - Pulp mill, Lincoln, 1915 - Page 1 of 2

"… The conveyor in the foreground was used to ship pulp wood from Lincoln to the Brewer Mill in 1915 because the river drive stopped in Lincoln."

Historic Hallowell - Hallowell Waterfront - Page 1 of 2

"The captains of the ships were middle class, and they lived higher on the hill. Joppa ran from Temple St. to the Vaughan Stream."

Historic Hallowell - Seaport on the Kennebec

"Hallowell’s ship-owning merchants, anxious to protect their investments by manning their vessels with capable officers and crews, established a…"

Historic Hallowell - Industry and Immigrants-A Changing Community

"… the Hallowell Cotton Factory, initially relied on ships to carry cotton to its looms and coal to its steam plant, but soon switched to rail."

Historic Hallowell - More About the Johnson Brothers

"… rapidly in Hallowell  that its shoes were being shipped across the country. There was so much demand for the shoes that the factory had reached 450…"

Historic Hallowell - Nature's Bounty - Raw Material, Close at Hand

"… and statuary were protected during shipment (by ship, and after 1852, by rail) in crates produced in the woodworking shops both at the quarry sites…"

Bath's Historic Downtown - Project Partners

"Project Partners Sagadahoc History & Genealogy Room: Patten Free Library and Bath Historical Society A reference room containing the resources for…"

Bath's Historic Downtown - Welcome

"Welcome X X What do you get when you combine local history, curiosity, and technology with 60 seventh graders and their teachers from Bath…"

Bath's Historic Downtown - Project Resources

"… Project Resources From the Sagadahoc History & Genealogy Room at the Patten Free Library Books & Manuscripts Baker, William Avery, 1973, “A…"

Bath's Historic Downtown - Welcome

"Welcome What do you get when you combine Bath history, curiosity, and technology with 60 seventh graders and their teachers from Bath Middle School…"