Maine Memory Network

Early Maine Photography - Landscape Photography - Page 1 of 3

"Carleton made this stark record of its gutted stone shell so damaged by the heat of the fire that demolition was the only alternative."

Biddeford History & Heritage Project - V. A Cascade of Booms & Busts (1790-1865) - Page 3 of 3

"… been employed in labor upon the streets, blasting stone, preparing them for use, and in removing loom from the gravel pit and spreading it upon the…"

Biddeford History & Heritage Project - VI. The deluge of industrial expansion & immigration (1865-1900) - Page 1 of 2

"The quarry on South Street was opened to supply stone for the Western Division Railroad built in 1872."

Porter Memorial Library

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Bangor Public Library

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Abbe Museum

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First Parish in Portland

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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,”…"

Fryeburg Public Library

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Architecture & Landscape database - John P. Thomas

"… in using the style to create imposing brick and stone residences for such influential individuals as Robert P. Hazzard, Jr. in Gardiner, Harry M."

Thomaston: The Town that Went to Sea - Early History - 1719 to 1740

"… Waldo built the first limekiln in which to burn stone quarried from the former prison site for shipment to the Boston market."

Guilford, Maine - Early Manufacturing - Page 2 of 3

"… tubs and other machinery with gravel and lighter stones. Guilford Woolen Mills, ca. 1920Guilford Historical Society New Addition to…"

Blue Hill, Maine - Discover the Story of Blue Hill - Page 3 of 4

"… of Andrew Mellon, built the 7,000±-square-foot stone and shingle 5-chimney residence called Blythelyn. Mr. and Mrs."

Cumberland & North Yarmouth - Population Decline in Maine's Coastal Counties

"… quarries were in a good position to supply stone for buildings and streets to the growing cities of the Eastern seaboard."

Western Maine Foothills Region - Dixfield - Page 3 of 5

"… removing brush, and uprighting and cleaning old stones. The town was very grateful for the many hours volunteers spent on this old piece of history."

Mercy Hospital - School of Nursing - Page 2 of 3

"Carved in stone above the door of the hospital’s main entrance, the shield was also worn on student nurses’ pins."

Eastern Maine Medical Center

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Farmington: Franklin County's Shiretown - Stephen Titcomb and the Settlement of the Sandy River Valley

"and Abigail Stone on October 3, 1752. The elder Stephen Titcomb had come to Kennebunk from Newburyport, MA."

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

"He later built a stone dam down stream to create Red Rock Pond. The ponds were stocked with over 5000 trout. Sources: Mitchell, H."

Surry by the Bay - Nineteenth Century

"… too, but they also hunted, fished and worked as stone-cutters. Toddy Pond itself was not a pond, but rather a river valley known as Eastern River…"

Farmington: Franklin County's Shiretown - Railroad into the Village

"We hope the proper authorities will remedy it before a bill of cost is made up against the town. April 27, 1871: The new street passing to the depot…"

Scarborough: They Called It Owascoag - Roads: From Footpaths to Super Highway

"The King’s Highway was renamed the Post Road in 1760.(4) County Road and Saco Street, North Scarborough, 1907Scarborough Historical Society &…"

Presque Isle: The Star City - John R Braden

"… and three-quarters was his mark Engraved on his stone at Presque Isle Park. He did not stay to say good-bye But moved on silently without a wish We…"

Colby College Special Collections

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