Maine Memory Network

Historic Hallowell - Ice Storm Day 2

"13. 35,000 wooden utility poles were crushed and crumpled by the weight of the ice. 14. Roughly 700,000 of Maine's 1.2 million residents were without…"

Historic Hallowell - The Tiger and the Lion

"The wheels were made of wooden discs which where bound with half inch iron tires. In the center was a pump with one cylinder."

Thomaston: The Town that Went to Sea - The "Edward O'Brien", the "Washington B. Thomas", & "Edna Hoyt"

"… home, thus ending the saga of Thomaston’s famed wooden ships. <-Prev. Page…"

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

"The dory in the foreground has wooden lobster traps on it, while the dory in the background has a trawling tub on it."

Maine Irish Heritage Center

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Early Maine Photography - Landscape Photography - Page 1 of 2

"… style house by adding a fanciful overlay of wooden Gothic Revival carving inspired by the Cathedral of Milan."

Lubec, Maine - McCurdy Herring Smokehouse - Page 4 of 4

"Hall described one as “an oblong wooden frame having four legs, the sides extending far enough beyond the end to serve as handles.” (P. 456)."

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

"… the Madawaska Stream in Stockholm to replace the wooden one washed out in the flood of 1923. In the early 1920’s the Odd Fellows built a large Hall…"

Historic Hallowell - Ice Cutting

"The process had a ramp, and they would use wooden boards to give the ice blocks a direction into the stacks."

Historic Hallowell - Whaling

"… used was using a tool called a drogue, which is a wooden drum or inflated sealskin, that they tied to an arrow or harpoon so the whale would be…"

Highlighting Historical Hampden - Expansion

"The first Academy building was a wooden structure rebuilt of brick after the first was destroyed by fire in 1843."

Bath's Historic Downtown - The Customs House

"… of the Rappahannock, one of the four largest wooden vessels built by the A. Sewall and Company."

Bath's Historic Downtown - Bath Savings Institution and Hyde Block

"… and Front Streets was occupied by a 2 ½ story wooden building housing the Zina Hyde Chandlery. The purpose of the chandlery was to sell equipment…"

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

"… whose job was to fill the seams between the wooden planking. Painters were needed to varnish and paint the ship’s topsides and hulls."

Thomaston: The Town that Went to Sea - Thomaston Expands - 1805 to 1846

"In the late 19th century, pre-existing wooden stores were gradually replaced with brick construction, creating the historic downtown streets one sees…"

Guilford, Maine - Early Manufacturing - Page 1 of 3

"… Company, makers of box shooks (the sides of wooden boxes, popular in the days before corrugated boxes), doors, and dimension lumber."

Guilford, Maine - MANUFACTURING - Page 1 of 2

"They sold beaded crafts, wooden checkers, and many more craft supplies. Drapers Mill was a supplier of box boards to other mills."

Otisfield Historical Society

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Thomaston Historical Society

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Davistown Museum

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Western Maine Foothills Region - Mexico - Page 1 of 3

"… house, a hen house with cupola, and elaborate wooden fencing in an effort to create a picturesque retreat."

Early Maine Photography - Landscape Photography - Page 1 of 3

"… by the Fox family in the 1790s, the two story wooden hip-roofed building housed the grocery business of Daniel Fox and his son Daniel Fox, Jr."

Blue Hill, Maine - Discover the Story of Blue Hill - Page 2 of 4

"Between 1792 and 1891, 133 wooden ocean-going sailing vessels were built in Blue Hill. Captain John W. Kane, Blue Hill, ca."

Guilford, Maine - Historic Buildings - Page 1 of 2

"… building shown to the left, in 1916, replaced the wooden structure, and was the location of the French & Elliott Company, the Masonic Hall and the…"