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Historic Hallowell - Important Buildings and Institutions

"Important Buildings and Institutions Hallowell viewed from Butternut Park, Chelsea, ca. 1890Hubbard Free Library In 1909, Emma Huntington…"

Farmington: Franklin County's Shiretown - Carolyn Stone

"Stone is the namesake for the Stone Wellness Community on the campus of the University of Maine Farmington."

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…"

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

"… sand, uniformly graded to small stone to larger stone to very large stone on the other end. “The wave action must have done that over the years,”…"

Historic Hallowell - Natural Resource to Finished Product

"Workers produced building stones, paving stones and statuary and monuments. The paving stones, 6x8 inches, sold for 20 cents apiece and were shipped…"

Swan's Island: Six miles east of ordinary - Student genealogy

"… in photos of Fritz doing the old "twist and kiss" stone cutting move. Fritz Johnson, Swan's Island, ca. 1950."

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

"Quarry rails, Swan's Island, ca. 1900Swan's Island Historical Society These stones were known as the "New York" or "Philadelphia" sized paving…"

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

"The stone was drilled, blasted, and lifted out of the pit. One man “motions” sprang up wherever there was a small field of stone to be carved by an…"

Swan's Island: Six miles east of ordinary - I. Canoes and Clamshells: The Pre-European Settlement Years

"… place on the island, where, “…one can throw a stone from water to water at high tide.” Dr. Small, a Deer Isle man who served as a doctor on Swan’s…"

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

"Cornice stones for Boston's Quincy Market, for example, were produced beginning in 1815. Largest Granite Slab cut from Hains Ledge Quarry…"

Historic Hallowell - Early Industry and Bombahook

"Webber, Sr., an individual partner Stone Bridge over Vaughan Brook. Vaughan Brook tumbled into the Kennebec on the north side of Sheppard's…"

Historic Hallowell - Ice Cutting and Ice Houses on the Bombahook

"Occasionally, brick or stone-walled ice houses were built into a bank of earth with an entrance facing the north."

Historic Hallowell - Ice Cutting and Ice Houses on the Bombahook

"Occasionally, brick or stone-walled ice houses were built into a bank of earth with an entrance facing the north."

Historic Hallowell - Earning Our Keep

"… taking full advantage of the bountiful natural resources; water, wood, stone. How might you have managed to get along two centuries ago?"

Historic Hallowell - Carvers and Quarrymen

"1895Hubbard Free Library Who were the stone carvers and quarrymen whose artistry and sacrifice allowed the Hallowell's granite industry to flourish…"

Historic Hallowell - Solid Foundations - Hallowell Granite

"… granite and sculpted by her artisans, but why stone from the banks of the Kennebec and who were the movers, shakers, and hard rock breakers…"

Historic Hallowell - One of Many Monuments

"… to the dimensions of the actual size so the stone carvers could begin their work. The actual monument stands 81 feet high and weighs 180 tons."

Historic Hallowell - Industry and Immigrants-A Changing Community

"… over 50 years, it employed close to 500 skilled stone cutters and sculptors, many of whom came from the British Isles, Spain and Italy."

Historic Hallowell - Ship Parts

"… sewing machine.) Anchors were commonly made of stone or iron and took up to a year to craft. Each boat had about three or four anchors on board in…"

Thomaston: The Town that Went to Sea - Architect James Overlock

"Oftentimes, sand was applied with paint to imitate the texture of stone. Both Mount Vernon and Monticello have this feature."

Historic Hallowell - Whaling

"The Basques built stone watchtowers and once a whale was spotted, an alarm was sounded and twenty or so villagers would head out to get the whale."

Historic Hallowell - The Opening & Closing of Hallowell's Shoe Companies

"The value of the building at that time increased. The building, now the Cotton Mill Apartments, is located at 2 Academy Street, Hallowell, ME."

Historic Hallowell - News Article by Emily Markham

"You can assume that many of the riverside buildings have gotten a beating, including the Store owned by Leigh and Wingate who had lost 300 barrels of…"

Thomaston: The Town that Went to Sea - Prison Fires - 1849 to 1924

"A stonewall around the building was completed in 1854. Within the same year, it was decided the prison had need of its own fire engine."