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Farmington: Franklin County's Shiretown - Corn Canning Industry

"Corn Canning Industry By 1913, Maine employed 7,000 people in corn factories, one-third of them women."

Lubec, Maine - Canning Sardines in Lubec: Technology, the Syndicate and Labor

"The Seacoast Canning cartel had long since given up its efforts at monopoly. A new national player had come to town, Booth Fisheries, and now shared…"

Farmington: Franklin County's Shiretown - Burnham Morrill Corn Factory, Farmington, ca. 1930

"Burnham Morrill Corn Factory, Farmington, ca. 1930 Contributed by Farmington Historical Society Description Postcard of the Burnham…"

Farmington: Franklin County's Shiretown - Chester Greenwood

"… & carriage builder and a businessman in the Corn Canning Industry. All of the boys in the family had that same tendency to the creative and the…"

Farmington: Franklin County's Shiretown - Agriculture

"… Industry.) Challenges Burnham and Morrill Canning Factory at Center Bridge The Sandy River has flooded the Burnham and Morrill canning…"

Farmington: Franklin County's Shiretown - WWI Impact on Farmington's Agriculture

"Burnham Morrill Corn Factory, Farmington, ca. 1930 Farmington Historical Society Several crops were bountiful, including beans and corn and were a…"

Farmington: Franklin County's Shiretown - Education

"… were low; a person could make as much money in a factory as in a classroom after years of education."

Lubec, Maine - Susie Calder: Lubec's Sardine Queen

"Peacock Canning Company. The following interview with Susie Calder was conducted by Jennifer Multhopp in January, 2009 With images provided by Susie…"

Lubec, Maine - Lubec History

"Lawrence, E.M., “A History of Sardine Canning”, The Canning Trade, January, 1914. “Lubec … 1800: A Century of Progress”, The Herald Magazine…"

Lubec, Maine - Timeline

"… first chief 1890s • Virtual explosion of sardine canning on Passamaquoddy Bay – new technology and expanding markets 1893 • SS Cumberland made its…"

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

"Some of the lobster canning factories were converted to can clams instead. In 1895 H.W. Joyce built a sardine factory for the herring that were…"

Swan's Island: Six miles east of ordinary - Islanders at Work

"The sardine factory alone employed 100 people at the height of its success. A story continues even today that for years and years after the medicinal…"

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

"… conversion of the grist mill to a gold extraction factory. A “machine room” and a “laboratory” were constructed."

Lubec, Maine - The Lighthouse at West Quoddy Head

"… whistle, standard aural alarm of the era from factories to locomotives. Dual Steam WhistlesWest Quoddy Head Light Keepers Association By 1887…"

Swan's Island: Six miles east of ordinary - Salmon industry

"Fish factory worker, Marion Stinson, Swan's Island, ca. 1990Swan's Island Historical Society The business employed seven or eight islanders full…"

Scarborough: They Called It Owascoag - Catch of the Day: Clamming and Lobstering - Page 1 of 4

"After 1873 Burnham & Morrill moved to Jones Creek at Pine Point. Clams were shipped to the factory from all over the east coast."

Scarborough: They Called It Owascoag - Catch of the Day: Clamming and Lobstering - Page 2 of 4

"Snow started his canning operation by buying equipment from a defunct corn cannery. The original brand name was Ossipee, but Snow soon began using…"

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

"… also; general stores, blacksmiths, insurance, a canning factory, tin, steel and iron-worker, boot and shoe maker(2),carpenter, physician and…"

Mount Desert Island: Shaped by Nature - Building Community and Commerce

"The Underwood cannery opened in Southwest Harbor in 1850. Lobster was its main product. Though men did most of the heavy lifting at the factory…"

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

"Merrill Bros. label X Canneries A canning factory was established by Merrill Brothers at Cumberland Junction in 1881."

Cumberland & North Yarmouth - Our Shared History - Page 3 of 4

"Herrick and his son Horatio operated a corn canning factory that provided seasonal employment for many local young people."

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

"… were sawmills, the first built in 1803, salt factories, shoe factories, carding mills, blacksmith shops, and ice houses."

Mantor Library, University of Maine Farmington

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