Maine Memory Network

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

"… time of her launching from the Burgess O’Brien yard. Enormous crowds gathered to witness the launch of the 275’ ship."

Telephone Museum

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Biddeford History & Heritage Project - RESOURCES

"(A) Rumery's Boat Yard: on the Saco River, Biddeford, Maine. Rumery's Boat Yard. Web. 1 Feb. 2010. (S) Salvas-Coulombe Theatre Collection (1885-1991)."

Scarborough: They Called It Owascoag - Maritime Tales: Shipyards and Shipwrecks - Page 1 of 2

"Most of the pines measured about a yard across and one hundred feet high and grew so close to each other there was no room for limbs to sprout for…"

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

"… that the best plan would be to let a job by the yard to blast away the rock there and put in the piers at the lower end of the dam and the filling…"

Mount Desert Island: Shaped by Nature - The Indian Encampment: Behind the Scenes

"… going to church “looked like a bird-of-paradise in a barn-yard.” From Bar Harbor Days, by Mrs. Burton Harrison, 1887. Continue to Big Thunder"

Historic Hallowell - Ice Storm Summary Notes

"… them stay with you or helping cleaning up there yard or anything else where there to help” said Lynette Bell."

Skowhegan Community History - Kennebec River Log Drive

"… someone to help unload at the landing (called a yard man). The team worked hard -- two choppers could cut 6-7,000 feet of logs a day."

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

"Chapman and Flint laid out a new yard on the Narrows (a narrowing of the river northwest of the Wadsworth Street bridge) near John Paine’s original…"

The General Henry Knox Museum

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

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

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

"… her father, as a boy, served up the grog at the yard where her grandfather, Asa Clough, Jr., was ship’s carpenter and master builder."

Historic Hallowell - Ice Storm Interviews - Page 2 of 2

"And we had a couple of trees in our yard that we couldn’t get our cars out of our garage because the trees had fallen across the garage."

Islesboro--An Island in Penobscot Bay - Businesses and Cottage Industries

"… representatives, laundries, express service, boat yards, livery stables and blacksmith shops were all present and island-based."

Historic Hallowell - Lineman's Journal

"… you shouldn't put your generator in your front yard because it musn't tempt others to steal it. When I was out today people kept putting out signs…"

Historic Hallowell - Shipbuilding

"There were also many shipbuilding yards along the Kennebec and lots of workers building these ships."

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

"His remains and his three wives lie in the yard of his home. Starbirds Mill X Chase Hewett Mill X Carrabassett Creamery X East New…"

New Portland: Bridging the Past to the Future - New Portland Community Library

"… Book, Plant and Bake sale, Ice Cream Social, and Yard Sale are still going strong. In 1999 the library received a grant from the Noyes Foundation…"

Blue Hill, Maine - Shipbuilding: An Important Early Industry

"The Tradition Continues...... Webber's Cove Boat Yard in East Blue Hill, owned and operated by Matt Cousins, 2010."

Lincoln, Maine - Railroads

"The train fell off the tracks in my yard once when I was little, and it rolled over. My grandfather told me about it."

Lincoln, Maine - Solomon's Store

"I saved up $5 from babysitting and raking the yard to afford new school clothes this year. I didn’t have a job last summer, so I didn’t get any new…"

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

"Flake Yard, Portland, 1854Maine Historical Society The fishing industry Before the advent of refrigeration on vessels, Maine's fishing villages…"

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

"… Star Coater, which would be placed in the north yard of the Rumford Mill. This addition would require many alterations and additions to processes…"

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

"But a mere 300 yards from the U.S. mainland at Lubec, Maine. Ferry steamers navigated this narrow but treacherous arm of the sea beginning in 1882…"