Maine Memory Network

Historic Hallowell - Industrial Recources

"Ship's Caulking Tool KitDavistown Museum Early shipbuilding in Hallowell was quite different from modern shipbuilding today because of the tools…"

Historic Hallowell - Shipping

"Every time they got a new shipping material(another item) the captain would write it all down in his captains log which contains the item, how much…"

Swan's Island: Six miles east of ordinary - Salmon industry

"Salmon industry Salmon pens off Swan's Island, ca. 1990Swan's Island Historical Society Swan’s Island was home to an Atlantic salmon farm and…"

Historic Hallowell - Ship Parts

"Ship Parts Shipbuilding spike, Hallowell, ca. 1853Courtesy of Sumner A. Webber, Sr., an individual partner Ship hulls were built from trees in…"

Islesboro--An Island in Penobscot Bay - Businesses and Cottage Industries

"Historically, the cottage industries were common in areas where a large percentage of local population was engaged in seasonal work, because families…"

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 - Hallowell Ship Captains

"Hallowell Ship Captains John Agry, Sea Captain, Hallowell, ca. 1801Hubbard Free Library Captain John Agry was born in 1763."

Historic Hallowell - Captains and Their Ships

"What you will find under Schooners, Steamers, Ships, and Tankers: Two informational pieces total, one being on the Henry Reed ship."

Swan's Island: Six miles east of ordinary - Old Buildings

"Old Buildings Bonnie and Donnie Staples' house Minturn Schoolhouse The Tea Room Redmen's Hall Seaside Hall Andrew Smith Store…"

Historic Hallowell - Schooners, Steamers, Ships and Tankers

"Schooners, Steamers, Ships and Tankers Della Collins, Eastern Steamship Company Wharf, Kennebec River, Hallowell, ca."

Thomaston: The Town that Went to Sea - Building Boom, early 19th century

"When not building ships, craftsmen became architects and house builders, evidenced by the many architectural details used in ship construction."

Biddeford History & Heritage Project - VII. Flow and ebb: the effects of industrial peak & global upheaval (1900-1955) - Page 1 of 3

"VII. Flow and ebb: the effects of industrial peak & global upheaval (1900-1955) Main Street, Biddeford, 1909McArthur Public Library At the…"

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

"… of Atlas Plywood (the town’s major wood products industry) in 1935, signaled the end of “industrial” Stockholm."

Thomaston: The Town that Went to Sea - Prison Industries

"Surplus produce was shipped via rail to Augusta for use in other state institutions. This led to the purchase of a prison farm in nearby Warren, run…"

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

"After a period of busy growth, industry, and prosperity, the change shook the island. Swan’s Island’s final steam boat, the North Haven, was…"

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

"It is diabolical.” Pinky Ship, Belfast, ca. 1880Swan's Island Historical Society Dr. Small states, “About the year 1850 a decided improvement…"

Thomaston: The Town that Went to Sea - Shipbuilding Industry Expands - 1850 to 1857

"Ship's Caulking Tool KitDavistown Museum Work was plentiful for ship caulkers, whose job was to fill the seams between the wooden planking."

Blue Hill, Maine - Shipbuilding: An Important Early Industry

"It had lumber to build the ships, it had a deep protected harbor, and it had resources to ship. Sawmill at Mill Stream, Blue Hill, ca."

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

"… the principal breeds kept, and many eggs were shipped for hatching. Shaw Bros. poultry business, established in 1895 at the old Shaw homestead at…"

Mount Desert Island: Shaped by Nature - Building Community and Commerce

"They were building ships and more mills to support expanding industries, and they were building new roads. And the mail finally arrived."

Lubec, Maine - Building the Roosevelt Bridge to Campobello - Page 1 of 3

"Clearing ship traffic required a six percent grade reaching 48 feet above high tide at the point of greatest elevation."

Swan's Island: Six miles east of ordinary - Baird's Quarry history

"Finally, the granite was loaded onto barges to be shipped to New York and Boston. Sometimes the barges were towed away from the wharf by a pulley and…"

Swan's Island: Six miles east of ordinary - Lobstering

"Lobstering Lobstering has kept the fishing industry on Swan’s Island the major industry from the mid 20th century to today."

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

"They searched for signs of the once-busy industry, from iron spikes left in the granite to boilers that generated the steam power for the quarry…"