Maine Memory Network

Pejepscot Historical Society

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Historic Hallowell - Sweat on the Kennebec ~ Hallowell Steam and Boom Company

"Bunk houses with adjoining cook and mess shacks were erected on rafts and anchored on the Chelsea side of the river."

Historic Hallowell - Logging

"… citizens relied on wood to heat their homes, cook food, build houses, and build ships. Ryan Sinclair's Interview with Captain Arthur Moore   The…"

Maine's Swedish Colony, July 23, 1870 - Architecture

"The second floor was open and had one window in the gable end. In the fall of 1870, settlers sided the houses with planks, hewed the logs flat on the…"

Bridgton Historical Society

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Mount Desert Island: Shaped by Nature - More on the Old Ell

"… and blocks had no central heat, just a large cook stove with copper hot water tank in the kitchen."

Life on a Tidal River - The War Effort

"… thing everyone was inspired to do was save all cooking fats and grease. When they had saved at least a pound, they would take it to the grocer, who…"

Western Maine Foothills Region - For The Love Of Paper - Page 2 of 4

"… engines of each paper machine, dry the paper, cook the pulp, and heat the buildings found a need for a new and modern steam plant."

Mantor Library, University of Maine Farmington

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

"… new mill began on November 9, 1901 with the first cook of soda pulp and on November, 17 for the sulphite pulp."

Historic Hallowell - Ice Storm Interviews - Page 2 of 2

"So I started cooking huge things like chop suey, or anything that you could stir the frozen vegetables into."

Life on a Tidal River - Four Famous Bangorians

"After cooking to the consistency of molasses, it was strained to skim off all remaining bark and twigs to then leave the cooked resin."

Life on a Tidal River - Early Railroads in Bangor - Page 1 of 2

"Early Railroads in Bangor By William Cook, Archivist/Special Collections Librarian, Bangor Public Library Knickerbocker Express, ca."

Lubec, Maine - Lubec History

"… from weirs, transported them to the factories, cooked the sardines and sealed the cans. Until child labor laws were instituted in the 1930s…"

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

"Sardine factory, Lubec, 1910Lubec Historical Society After the herring were cooked for 15 to 30 minutes in a rotary oven with the flakes on moving…"

Life on a Tidal River - Narrative

"… Lippitt, Curator, Bangor Historical Society; Bill Cook, Special Collections Librarian, Bangor Public Library; Lori Patterson, School Library Media…"

Farmington: Franklin County's Shiretown - Brief History

"… Bar: The Indian Canoe Routes of Maine, David Cook) It is very clear that Farmington’s Sandy River had for “ … sometime in the not remote past…"

Eastern Maine Medical Center

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