Maine Memory Network

Maine's Swedish Colony, July 23, 1870 - The History of Stockholm

"The company also ran a starch factory from 1904 though 1909. Later it was converted to a Box Company that made cleated plywood boxes for phonograph…"

Mount Desert Island: Shaped by Nature - Economic History of Main Street, Northeast Harbor - Page 2 of 3

"… the Crobb Box Company operated an ammunition case factory on Neighborhood Road. Main Street in Northeast Harbor, ca."

Historic Hallowell - Ice Cutting

"The ice industry ended when the river became polluted by factories and serge being dumped in the river. Refrigeration was invented around 1900."

Historic Hallowell - Hallowell History From a 7th Grade Perspective

"… exhibits including The Cotton Mill, Johnson Shoe Factory as well as some history about the Vaughan Stream. Mr."

Historic Hallowell - Industry at the Mouth of the Vaughan Stream

"… got glue for his paper at the George Seavey Glue Factory in Farmingdale. Boston Flint Paper Company bought out the Sand Paper Mill, Reservoir Dam…"

Skowhegan Community History - Farming in the Skowhegan Area

"… were abandoned as people went to find work in factories in cities across the country. The farmers who did stay in Maine were able to make the best…"

Skowhegan Community History - Skowhegan: "A Place To Watch"

"… River to the coast for trappers, loggers, factories, and now tourists and river-runners in increasing numbers."

Farmington: Franklin County's Shiretown - Chester Greenwood

"… years passed, Chester was producing earmuffs in a factory in West Farmington. He continued production of earmuffs until his death in 1937 – nearly…"

Guilford, Maine - Early Manufacturing - Page 1 of 3

"… chips for energy for the plant as well as other factories. Also in that year a new 53,000 square foot modern facility for sterilization of cotton…"

Scarborough: They Called It Owascoag - Transportation Through the Years - Page 4 of 4

"The factory was constructed in a U-shape and was laid out so that a truck chassis would enter on one side of the building and progress through…"

Northeast Historic Film

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Western Maine Foothills Region - Dixfield - Page 4 of 5

"Stowell and his three spool factories in Dixfield and a half-dozen or more in surrounding towns. Dixfield attracted the best talent in the legal…"

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."

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."

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

"… dam, lumber mill, grist mill, clover and starch factory. Later a school house was built. John Elliot had built a tavern in 1807, it had a bar and…"

Rumford Area Historical Society

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Farmington: Franklin County's Shiretown - Agriculture

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

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."

Mount Desert Island: Shaped by Nature - Rustication

"… blacksmith, a shoemaker, a tanning yard, a woolen factory, at least four mills, two shipyards, a schoolhouse, and a church."

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…"

Blue Hill, Maine - Discover the Story of Blue Hill - Page 2 of 4

"The 1850 Maine Register lists five pogey factories for rendering fish oil in town. Toward the end of the nineteenth century the in-shore fisheries…"

Blue Hill, Maine - Discover the Story of Blue Hill - Page 4 of 4

"… the Story of Blue Hill Clam Packing Factory and Steamboat Wharf, South Blue Hill, ca. 1900Blue Hill Historical Society A Tight-Knit…"

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

"Rufus Prince's factory and store, Bangor, 1864Maine Historical Society and Maine State Museum Martin's luck was not the best, he frequently noted."

Islesboro--An Island in Penobscot Bay - Businesses and Cottage Industries

"… including a gristmill, saw mills and even a clam factory, which existed briefly during the 1950's F.S."