Maine Memory Network

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

"Prior to the war, raw materials for building ships were sent to England. The area was heavily forested, much of it with tall pines ideally suited for…"

Swan's Island: Six miles east of ordinary - I. Canoes and Clamshells: The Pre-European Settlement Years

"… Swan’s Island was a source of food and materials for many Native Americans who used the island as a seasonal, and perhaps permanent, home."

Northeast Historic Film

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Fryeburg Public Library

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Acadian Archives

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Skowhegan History House

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Maine State Museum

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Scarborough: They Called It Owascoag - Scarborough Marsh: "Land of Much Grass" - Page 1 of 4

"As the grasses decay, the rotted material forms a nutrient-rich “soup” that feeds the plankton, clams, mussels, worms and some fish."

Prince Memorial Library

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

"The use of concrete and steel in constructing buildings and bridges diminished the importance of granite, affecting employment in the state's granite…"

Strong, a Mussul Unsquit village - Strong's History - Page 4 of 4

"They employ 15 people in raw material receiving and processing, pellet production, packaging and distribution."

Aroostook Historical and Art Museum

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Farmington: Franklin County's Shiretown - John Frank Stevens

"… would be using completely updated with the best materials since it would need to be rugged enough to haul away all the dirt from the excavation and…"

Farmington: Franklin County's Shiretown - The Abbott School

"… eventually did agree to allow funds and materials to restore the building. But the school’s last commencement was in 1918."

Westport Island History Committee

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Bangor Public Library

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Farmington: Franklin County's Shiretown - Education

"With steel in short supply, none was used in the construction, and over the years the building has needed extensive repair because of the lack of…"

Mount Desert Island: Shaped by Nature - Beginnings

"… and gathered plants for food, medicine, and raw materials. And while local resources were the focus of their subsistence, they also traded with…"

Western Maine Foothills Region - Regional and Town History

"… power, the forests and fields provided the raw materials: first and foremost timber, but also grains, hay, hops, apples, cheese, starch, wool."

Farmington: Franklin County's Shiretown - Railroad into the Village

"… when the first train came across the river with materials for the new depot.) July 14, 1870: The building of the railroad bridge at this place is…"

Eastern Maine Medical Center

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Skowhegan Community History - Abenakis in the Norridgewock/Skowhegan Area

"Material used for research includes Maine Dirigo "I Lead" by Dean B. Bennett, Black robe on the Kennebec by Mary R."

Western Maine Foothills Region - For The Love Of Paper - Page 1 of 4

"… supplying a way for the much needed construction materials and manufacturing equipment and, in time, the means of getting the finished paper to…"

Lubec, Maine - Klondike: Lubec's Gold from Sea Water Hoax

"… was very busy with vessels carrying construction materials arriving daily. As a result of the expansion a telephone line, bridge over the canal and…"