Maine Memory Network

Mount Desert Island: Shaped by Nature - The Granite and Ice Industries

"… and peaked in the late 1900s, when Mainers shipped a million tons of ice south every year. The crews would cut pond ice into two-by-four-foot slabs…"

Swan's Island: Six miles east of ordinary - Welcome to Swan's Island!

"… Swan's Island holds a living history of the industries that have sustained its residents over the centuries."

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

"… to see the rusting remains of the once-busy industry, dug in the dirt for artifacts, and learned about their own family connections to quarry…"

Swan's Island: Six miles east of ordinary - Ocean View Hotel

"The Ocean View hotel was open throughout the 1920s but it was shut down during the Depression, along with many of the island's industries."

Swan's Island: Six miles east of ordinary - Islanders at Work

"The fishing industry is a good example of the islanders' self sufficiency. Fishing Medicinal fish oil factory on Johnson Island, Swan's Island…"

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

"… Society Granite quarrying was a successful industry on Swan’s Island from the 1890s to the late 1920s when the depression took hold."

Swan's Island: Six miles east of ordinary - IV. Transitions and troubles: Private enterprise shoulders an island’s needs

"Despite the decrease in industry and communication and the confusion of post-war life, the island made the shift to modern utilities and once again…"

Swan's Island: Six miles east of ordinary - V. Changing times: the Swan’s Island Ferry

"After the close of other island industries, lobster fishing remains predominant. A successful trap limit was enforced in 1984 that reduced the…"

Scarborough: They Called It Owascoag - Maritime Tales: Shipyards and Shipwrecks - Page 1 of 2

"… presented a perfect opportunity for building ships. Before roads, railroad bridges and tide gates, ocean water overflowed the marsh at high tide."

Surry by the Bay - Nineteenth Century

"… producing goods for the clothing, building, and shipping industries, plus it housed a carding mill, tannery, stave mill, shingle mill, corn and…"

Historic Hallowell - Ice Cutting and Ice Houses on the Bombahook

"Today, the ice industry no longer exists. The reason why the ice industry shut down was that water pollution was affecting the quality of the ice…"

Historic Hallowell - Ice Cutting and Ice Houses on the Bombahook

"Today, the ice industry no longer exists. The reason why the ice industry shut down was that water pollution was affecting the quality of the ice…"

Surry by the Bay - Sawmills of Cunningham Ridge

"… Historical Society From the coveted tall pine for ships' masts to the coastal cedar for shingles, Maine's forest land has been the source of the…"

Scarborough: They Called It Owascoag - Transportation Through the Years - Page 1 of 4

"… the Civil War, the Oak Hill station was a busy shipping point for horses and livestock for the Union Army.(6) Scarboro Beach Railroad Station…"

Historic Hallowell - Shipbuilding

"The end of the shipbuilding industry left hundreds of workers in Hallowell without a job. Ship's Knee, Kennebec River, Hallowell, ca.1853Hubbard…"

Swan's Island: Six miles east of ordinary - Redmen's Hall

"In the late 1940's, the building was already in disrepair with a caving floor. There were still costumes in the back room."

Historic Hallowell - Logging

"… to heat their homes, cook food, build houses, and build ships. Ryan Sinclair's Interview with Captain Arthur Moore   The Steam and Boom Company…"

Swan's Island: Six miles east of ordinary - Seaside Hall

"In 2007, the hall was cleared out and in May of 2009 the entire building was moved to its current location at 65 Atlantic Loop Rd."

Swan's Island: Six miles east of ordinary - History Detectives

"Check out the exhibits below to see ways the students got involved: Old Buildings Exhibit Baird's Quarry Exhibit"

Swan's Island: Six miles east of ordinary - Odd Fellows Hall

"… current Methodist Church, until the group had a building of its own. The three-story hall was built shortly after 1909, and still stands tall on…"

Swan's Island: Six miles east of ordinary - The McCormick house

"The McCormick house This building is now the home of Theo McCormick, who moved to Swan's Island with her late husband Stephen McCormick, the…"

Historic Hallowell - The Vaughan Stream & Sawmills

"Sometime ice was shipped to Cuba and the West Indies. Another industry along the Bombahook, the Kennebec Light and Heat Company, was the first…"

Swan's Island: Six miles east of ordinary - Winter Fun

"It is next to today’s Post Office/Town Office building. Three skaters at the Quarry Pond, Swan's Island, 1949Swan's Island Historical Society…"

Historic Hallowell - Ice Cutting

"The ice industry became a big industry in Maine. Ships hauled blocks of ice all the way to Cuba and the West Indies."