Maine Memory Network

Historic Hallowell - Hallowell Iron Foundry

"The Hallowell Iron works manufactured brass castings, shafting, hangers, and pulleys. Orders are always on time and steam and gas fittings are always…"

John Martin: Expert Observer - Division Street School, Bangor, 1865

"… fence Rough boards no paint Resivoir scuttles cast iron set in granit square blocks." View additional information about this item on the Maine…"

Historic Hallowell - The Fuller Foundry

"They produced iron and brass casting, shafting, hangers, and pulleys. These products were recognized as being average quality, for they weren't the…"

Bath's Historic Downtown - Church Block

"… Block that are still there are women's faces cast into the iron columns. Haley bill for Church Block, Bath, 1886Patten Free Library It is…"

Historic Hallowell - Early Industry and Bombahook

"The iron works produced iron parts and fittings for farmers as well as shipwrights and cast the first steam engine used in the Cotton Mill factory."

Early Maine Photography - Landscape Photography - Page 2 of 3

"… this handsome four story brick building with cast iron fronts and window caps was constructed in 1852 from designs by the local architect Thomas J…"

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

"Trying out blubber, 1880Abbe Museum In cast-iron pots blackened by years of cooking on smoky open fires, muskrat stews simmered, fish sizzled in…"

Bath's Historic Downtown - Davenport Memorial and City Hall

"… tower, there is the 1802 bell that was probably cast by Paul Revere himself. It was rung in 1967 by City Hall custodian Theodore Burns at 1 o'…"

Farmington: Franklin County's Shiretown - Meeting House Park

"In 1894, a Watering Trough, casted in Concord, New Hampshire was put into service in front of the Court House."

Lubec, Maine - The Lighthouse at West Quoddy Head

"Congress ordered, from France, a cast iron stairway and pedestal, a copper dome, and the ultimate in illumination, a Fresnel lens."

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

"… magic.” Apparently, nothing more elaborate than a cast iron pot was at the heart of this fantastic device."

Pejepscot Historical Society

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