Maine Memory Network

John Martin: Expert Observer - Junior Martin in cadet uniform, Bangor, ca. 1871

"… formed a cadet company and began in December 1871 drilling with the Jameson Guards, a state militia group."

Biddeford History & Heritage Project - The Civil War/Reconstruction Era as Experienced in Biddeford & Saco - Page 5 of 17

"Even when cotton manufacturing became scarce, they worked on army tents, wagon covers, heavy drills, and jeans for military use."

John Martin: Expert Observer - Boy at Bangor post Civil War parade, 1865

"… up kip boots." He added that the boys had been drilled several days before marching in the parade."

Swan's Island: Six miles east of ordinary - Baird's Quarry history

"… huge derricks, and boiler houses to run the steam drills sprang up on the hill. Quarry rails from the quarry dock to the quarry, Swan's…"

Life on a Tidal River - Three Civil War Letters - Page 2 of 4

"forces, being drilled and trained under the command of General McClellan. The Regiment would be engaged in six campaigns: Yorktown, Williamsburg…"

Historic Hallowell - Industrial Recources

"… and dressing wood while the Auger was used for drilling holes. The Axe was a tool typically used for chopping wood with usually a steel blade…"

Historic Hallowell - Shipbuilding

"… ships they make nowadays with blow torches, drills, and all kinds of tools they didn’t have back when Hallowell was building ships."

Scarborough: They Called It Owascoag - Catch of the Day: Clamming and Lobstering - Page 3 of 4

"… vessel with an open holding well with holes drilled into it to allow circulation of seawater. Smacks could transport live lobsters over longer…"

Scarborough: They Called It Owascoag - A Look Inside the Classroom Over Time - Page 1 of 4

"… arithmetic, and “good manners”, with recitation, drilling, and oral quizzes. Most teachers rotated living with local families."

Strong, a Mussul Unsquit village - The Bridge That Changed The Map

"… eye-bars, were sunken and anchored into holes drilled down to bedrock. These holes were so deep, and the eye-bars so stable, that folks suggested…"

John Martin: Expert Observer - Dancing Fraternity, City of Bangor, 1868

"… supervision, with all the precision of military drill, when by some dextrous movement order would be at once brought out of apparent confusion, he…"

Highlighting Historical Hampden - Hampden Academy

"From June 4 to November 9, 1921, a well was drilled and a water system installed in the school. In 1923, the school finally received a cement…"

Peary-MacMillan Arctic Museum and Arctic Studies Center

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