Maine Memory Network

Historic Hallowell - Industrial Recources

"… was used in attaching the hull planking to frame timbers. It consisted of a sturdy, wooden rod tapered at both ends."

Lincoln, Maine - Mills & Paper Industry - Page 2 of 2

"… halted for five years due to the distance of the timber to market. The mill could not compete with the growing number of mills in the state."

Lincoln, Maine - Mills & Paper Industry - Page 1 of 2

"In later years, after all the timber around the lake was cut, the lumbermen began cutting around Folsom and Upper Ponds, sending the wood down the…"

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

"… mills to provide for both ship planking and house timbers. Ship’s joiners and carpenters had their choice of jobs, and more accomplished finish…"

Historic Hallowell - In the Beginning - Raw Materials - Quarrying

"… in Maine the resource first exploited was timber, processed into potash was for export to Britain's soap-making industry."

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

"Initially these settlers came to cut timber for boat building and to cultivate the land for their family’s food. Early fishing schooner, ca."

Western Maine Foothills Region - For The Love Of Paper - Page 3 of 4

"The Canadian timber holdings were sold to the government; No's. 1 and 3 Paper Machines were shut down as they were not contributing to profits."

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

"… processing of the fish catch, mills to process timber and grains, and boat building. The increase in prosperity in the mid to late 1800s—with new…"

Western Maine Foothills Region - Regional and Town History

"… century, drawn by the abundance of fish and game, timber, waterpower, and farm land. The hamlets they founded grew into towns that were…"

Farmington: Franklin County's Shiretown - Early Settlers

"… Office prior to 1936, Harold obtained some of the timbers from the old house and kept them in his barn on Orchard Street."

Historic Hallowell - Logging

"The paper industry relied on the logging industry because they used trees to make paper. Nowadays, logs aren’t shipped down the Kennebec River…"

Historic Hallowell - Shipbuilding

"… ship's knee above (a bracket to strengthen deck timbers) is of particular interest because it was found near the site of the City Wharf Shipyard…"

Lubec, Maine - Lubec History

"… prosperity to area farmers, who harvested the timber, and to blacksmiths, carpenters, ship-chandlers and other suppliers of materials needed to…"

Farmington: Franklin County's Shiretown - Brief History

"… gauge railroads allowed for the quick movement of timber south and tourists north. For the first time in western Maine’s history, rural communities…"

Surry by the Bay - Sawmills of Cunningham Ridge

"… many families supporting themselves off the timber from its lands. Sawmill, Surry, ca. 1903Surry Historical Society Hollis E. Saunders (b."

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

"During the timbering and homesteading years, Col. Swan also made provisions for a mill to be built so that the grain grown by the homesteaders could…"

Historic Hallowell - A Bay State Exodus

"… worsening scarcities of land, hay, fish, lumber, timber and firewood in Southern New England’s old towns." A better life beckoned in the District…"

Historic Hallowell - Solid Foundations - Hallowell Granite

"… in Maine the first resource exploited was timber, quarrying granite soon followed as a money-maker."

Western Maine Foothills Region - Building Boom and Piers above the Falls

"… piers were usually built with softwood logs or timbers. They were filled with rocks to sink them in the river."

Historic Hallowell - The Cyclone of 1895

"The wind propelled 8 inch square cotton mill roof timbers into nearby buildings. The other half happily awaited the end of this horrible storm. Mr."

Historic Hallowell - Shipbuilders, Sailors and Whaling Men

"… to build ships on the Kennebec was a stand of timber, a sloping bank and a little good water. Hallowell-built "Topaz," 1828Hubbard Free…"

Historic Hallowell - Timeline of Cyclone

"Timbers, bricks, gravel, and tarred paper began to fly around his head as Brown ran to the other end of the mill."

Historic Hallowell - Hallowell's First Dwelling

"… fell, these energetic first settlers had hewn timber, procured boards and planks from the mill at Cobbossee, and built a comfortable frame house of…"

Historic Hallowell - Wood Ashes or Gold Dust?

"Once the timber was cut and the house and barn built, was there anything of value left? The economy of early non-native settlers was built on the…"