Maine Memory Network

Skyline Farm

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John Martin: Expert Observer - "Representing every particular:" John Martin's Reflections, Illustrations, and Commentary - Page 2 of 2

"… the first electric street railroad, a horseless carriage, and others. He speculated in the second scrapbook about things he might live to see."

Blue Hill Historical Society

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John Martin: Expert Observer - John Martin's cart, Hampden, ca. 1833

"… such as are in general use for boy and baby carriages now I made a perfect cart with stake rings side boards Snibells to lip up and all the…"

Mount Desert Island: Shaped by Nature - The Founding of Acadia National Park

"Rockefeller Jr.'s development of the island's carriage roads. By the time he finished, he had created 57 miles of roads, 17 granite bridges and two…"

Monmouth Museum

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Early Maine Photography - Landscape Photography - Page 3 of 3

"Eight years later in August, 1861, the Mount Washington Carriage Road Company opened the road to the top."

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

"Travel around the island was by foot, carriage, or animal so it was convenient to have these supplies nearby."

Mount Desert Island: Shaped by Nature - Green Mountain Railway

"… since about 1866 when Daniel Brewer create a carriage trail to the top and built a hotel. Clerque chose a cog railway, like the one used on Mount…"

Thomaston: The Town that Went to Sea - Additions and New Wing - 1824 to 1843

"The leather, carriages and corn stored within were destroyed, amounting to a loss of about $9,000. It was suspected a discharged convict caused the…"

Farmington: Franklin County's Shiretown - Franklin County Agricultural Fair

"… bread products, apples, pears, farming tools, carriages and harnesses. Also, quilts and spreads, carpets, rugs and plants, fancy work, taxidermy."

Washburn-Norlands Living History Center

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Mount Desert Island: Shaped by Nature - Charles K. Savage (1903-1979): The View from Asticou - Page 3 of 6

"… community bustled with leisure activities such as carriage rides, day hikes, evening lectures, small gatherings for tea and family celebrations…"

Historic Hallowell - Early Industry and Bombahook

"A carriage-making concern was a mainstay of the local economy for all of the 19th century. When the granite industry moved into full production…"

Western Maine Foothills Region - Mexico - Page 1 of 3

"… Rhode Island, purchased the property and added a carriage house, a hen house with cupola, and elaborate wooden fencing in an effort to create a…"

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

"Morse Cabinet Maker W. Sylvester Carriage Maker A.L. Watson “ “ H. Clark Tanner & Currier Z.F. Moor Blacksmith Judkins & Lucke “ & Carriage Works…"

Farmington: Franklin County's Shiretown - Chester Greenwood

"Zina was a bridge builder, a wagon & carriage builder and a businessman in the Corn Canning Industry."

Cumberland Historical Society

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Guilford, Maine - Historic Buildings - Page 1 of 2

"… the rear, between the two buildings, is a large carriage barn. This was later the home of Attorney John P. White."

Mount Desert Island: Shaped by Nature - Economic History of Main Street, Northeast Harbor - Page 1 of 3

"… “a very swank establishment…as he catered to the carriage trade. How deliciously the place smelled of freshly ground coffee and of course nothing…"

Guilford, Maine - Special Events

"Sesquicentennial - Baby Carriage ParadeGuilford Historical Society Some other events were oxen pulling, barbeque, canoe races, log chopping contest…"

Cumberland & North Yarmouth - "Main Streets" of North Yarmouth and Cumberland

"The business had ramps that were used to haul vehicles between the ground level and second floor. A sign advertised Chase as a "Manufacturer of…"

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

"… for someone on foot, 31 cents for a horse and carriage, and 3 cents apiece for sheep or pigs. Shipbuilding had started, of course, with the first…"

Cumberland & North Yarmouth - Our Shared History - Page 1 of 4

"… or services—at general stores, blacksmiths, and carriage-making shops. Villages such as East North Yarmouth, Walnut Hill, and Poland’s Corner were…"