Maine Memory Network

Strong, a Mussul Unsquit village - The Railroad

"Coal was also hauled into Franklin County by train. The depot in Strong was located on the street that we call Norton Hill today."

John Martin: Expert Observer - Rustic furniture, Bangor, 1865

"… crooks" in the woods, cut them and found someone hauling a load of wood to carry the cedar out of the woods for him."

John Martin: Expert Observer - Intro: pages 74-138

"Sanger Ann Fales Sanger Ruth Mayo Hauling wood Clearing land for orchard, wheat Hampden House Bar Bowling alleys Jes Crosman Sands Circus & Caravan…"

Thomaston: The Town that Went to Sea - Henry Knox: Lime Works

"… teams are to be hired as can be, and employed in hauling kiln-wood to convenient places near the kilns so as to incumber as little mowing ground as…"

Mount Desert Island: Shaped by Nature - Summary: The Future: Recycle or Start from Scratch?

"Continually evolving modern building techniques and materials such as modular construction or patterned, pre-sealed ply-woods along with power…"

Maine's Swedish Colony, July 23, 1870 - Industry

"In 1905, Lewis Whitten held the record for hauling the largest load (11 tons) of birch logs six miles to the mill with one pair of horses."

Surry by the Bay - Sawmills of Cunningham Ridge

"… on Cunningham Ridge using timbers that Fred hauled down from Newport. The mill came with a six-cylinder Plymouth engine and they used the mill to…"

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

"A volunteer life-saving crew from Cape Elizabeth hauled a heavy surfboat more than nine miles over muddy roads to the eastern side of Prouts Neck."

Blue Hill, Maine - Jonathan Fisher: Unlocking the Person Beyond the Parson

"… as well as fifteen cords of hard wood (cut and hauled), and an annual salary of two hundred dollars in cash."

Guilford, Maine - BUSINESSES - Page 3 of 3

"The railroad company began hauling potatoes in heated boxcars. Potatoes had given them a bigger profit when the times were getting hard."

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

"… were built in the vicinity of Walnut Hill and hauled by oxen in the winter down to the Falls, perhaps a distance of five or six miles."

Western Maine Foothills Region - Fires in Rumford

"… brought the firemen, their teams of horses to haul the equipment, and the hoses from both Rumford and the adjoining town of Mexico."

Skowhegan Community History - A Brief History of the Skowhegan Area

"… were diminished by the time they struggled to haul the boats up over the Skowhegan Falls. The casks that contained dried fish, peas and other…"

New Portland: Bridging the Past to the Future - North New Portland Village

"… 1812 and felled trees and started a carding mill, hauling the machinery from Lisbon by the way of Strong."

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

"Meanwhile a small trailer hauled into place would serve as a temporary U.S. Customs office. Finished at an estimated cost of $939,000, construction…"

Cumberland & North Yarmouth - "Main Streets" of North Yarmouth and Cumberland

"The business had ramps that were used to haul vehicles between the ground level and second floor. A sign advertised Chase as a "Manufacturer of…"