Maine Memory Network

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

"The Crew The Crew X The Swan's Island team put in a lot of work over the course of the one year project."

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

"The crew wisely halted and prepared to abandon work for the day. The Narrows and bridge construction, Lubec, 1961 Lubec Historical Society…"

Historic Hallowell - Central Maine Power

"Their hard work and time restored Maine’s power in an area of such destruction, that there were those who said it appeared as though a hurricane had…"

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

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

Historic Hallowell - Ice Storm Day 2

"… Maine Power line crews and many other tree crews and other cleaning crews about trying to restore the damage and clean up the mess that had taken…"

Mount Desert Island: Shaped by Nature - The Granite and Ice Industries

"1890 Men at work in Hall Quarry. Stone from Mount Desert Island was loaded directly onto boats in the deep water of Somes Sound and shipped to cities…"

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

"… because it could be handled with a smaller crew and could contain more cargo. This vessel had a brief life, for it was wrecked in June 1903 only…"

Historic Hallowell - Train Wreck Poem

"… big The librarian did a little jig The work crews ran like bats out of a well Luckily none of them fell Amidst all this, right next door There was…"

Skowhegan Community History - Kennebec River Log Drive

"They worked in crews with four or five men. In the crew there were two choppers, some to tend to the sled and horses (called a teamster), and someone…"

Mount Desert Island: Shaped by Nature - Movies Come To The Island

"During work on the French filmmaking pioneer Maurice Tourneur's movie Woman (1918), John van den Broeck, a 23-year-old Dutch cinematographer, slipped…"

Historic Hallowell - Lineman's Journal

"As an off duty CMP crew member, I was sitting on the couch eating pretzels with my daughter. It was 3:30 in the afternoon when I got a call from work…"

Western Maine Foothills Region - Mt. Zircon Reservoir - Page 2 of 3

"The crew constructed an approximately 100 ft. long bridge from the top of the dam to the gatehouse. The gatehouse was to be of a circular form with a…"

Presque Isle: The Star City - National Community Christmas Tree - 1959

"The entire Maine Public crew on hand works to secure hundred of yards of rope to the tree. Presque Isle Historical Society Cutting down…"

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

"… designed with fewer sails that required smaller crews and built with larger and deeper hulls, greatly affected their desirability for successful…"

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

"There were many crews working in the woods in the winter. In 1902, the Standard Veneer Company (owned by Warren Trafton and Allen Quimby) purchased…"

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

"… the ships built on the Maine coast were owned and crewed by locals. Fishing villages up and down the coast sent men and boats offshore."

Western Maine Foothills Region - Leonard Trask, the Wonderful Invalid

"The next winter he went with a crew of men to work at a location twelve miles into the woods from the nearest dwelling."

Mount Desert Island: Shaped by Nature - The Bryants and Rockefellers: Two Seal Harbor Families

"Word of mouth from artists and ship crews began to draw visitors each summer in order to get a glimpse of the magical place."

Mount Desert Island: Shaped by Nature - The Champlain Society - Page 1 of 2

"A crew consisting of “Captain” Charles Eliot, his younger brother Samuel A. Eliot, Marshall P. Slade, George B. Dunbar, William H. Dunbar, Henry M."

Lincoln, Maine - Ira Fish

"In the winter of 1825-26, Ira and his crew put 5,000,000 feet of pine logs in the water. That is enough to run the mill for three to four years."

Lincoln, Maine - Lincoln House Hotel

"Lincoln House Hotel, Lincoln, 1941Lincoln Historical Society Works Cited "Lincoln House Hotel." The Buildings & Businesses & Streets Of Lincoln…"

Guilford, Maine - The Next Fifty Years 1916-1966

"… abutments had been swept away, only to have the crew work harder and persevere until completion in 1954."

Lincoln, Maine - Railroads

"They were operated on the spot by a crew. Train tracks were routinely made of wood. In Lincoln, trains were the primary transport method."

Swan's Island: Six miles east of ordinary - III. Boom, bustle, bust: The Steamboat Years to WWII

"… was a close-knit community.” Steamboat crew, ca. 1910Swan's Island Historical Society As population and commerce increased, so did the need…"