Maine Memory Network

Historic Hallowell - Cyclone Work Cited

"… Cyclone Work Cited “An Early Morning Cyclone.” The Hallowell Register, 4 Jan. 1896"

Historic Hallowell - Our Work and Our Team

"Organizations like the Row House, that works to preserve Hallowell’s architectural and culture resources, the Hallowell Area Board of Trade striving…"

Historic Hallowell - The Blizzard - Works Cited

"The Blizzard - Works Cited Boucher, Linda S. I wish for those days of the great blizzard Kennebec Journal Central ME: 2002 Chicago Blizzard of 1979."

Historic Hallowell - Ice Storm Works Cited Page

"Ice Storm Works Cited Page Works Cited Adams, Betty. “Arborist: Give broken trees some time.” Morning Sentinel, 13 Jan."

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

"Islanders at Work Text by Beverly McAloon Audios created and produced by Meghan Vigeant Images from the Swan's Island Historical Society In 1786…"

Architecture & Landscape database - John Calvin Stevens

"While Stevens continued to work in the Shingle Style into the twentieth century, the more formal Colonial Revival style came to dominate his work."

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."

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 - Student genealogy

"1950. Swan's Island Historical Society Fritz John Johnson (1899-1985) was born in Sweden and moved to Swan's Island to work at the quarry."

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…"

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…"

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 - 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…"

Islesboro--An Island in Penobscot Bay - Schools

"… of New York made the town a present of her stone summer residence to be remodeled and used as a consolidated school."

Lubec, Maine - Lubec History

"The gypsum and grinding stones to supply the mills were among the goods smuggled into the country from Nova Scotia."

Historic Hallowell - Carvers and Quarrymen

"He was a gifted stone carver, and worked on the statue of "Faith," part of the Founder Monument now in Plymouth, Massachusetts."

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

"The actual monument stands 81 feet high and weighs 180 tons. The Founder's Monument was initiated by the Plymouth Society. The work was begun shortly…"

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."

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

"Candi loves to work with historical material and is thrilled with the work the historical society is doing to promote our history."

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

"… quarried at sites around the island, providing work for many laborers and the businesses that supported them."

Swan's Island: Six miles east of ordinary - About Us

"To see some of our work, please visit: http://www.swansislandhistory.org Click the links below to read about our busy workers! History Detectives…"

Swan's Island: Six miles east of ordinary - Playing at the pond

"… Baird's Quarry was kept drained during its working seasons, once operations closed down for the winter it was always allowed to fill with…"

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

"… 'mysteries' with island artifacts, play games, work on exhibits, act out historical scenes, and learn from local historians."