Maine Memory Network

Lubec, Maine - Parade, Pins and Pageantry, 1911

"The floats shown below remain unidentified. Click on a photo then zoom in to examine it. To add or correct information, scroll down to “Share What…"

Ambajejus Boom House

View collections, facts, and contact information for this Contributing Partner.

Historic Hallowell - Ship Parts

"… “technology” they had back then, it would have taken between seven to eleven years to be “water ready,” able to float and move in rough waters."

Lubec, Maine - Susie Calder: Lubec's Sardine Queen

"The women decorated the floats and ours was beautiful. John Tyler drove the truck that pulled the float."

Guilford, Maine - Special Events

"… several Street Floats, Clubs & Organizations Floats, Business Floats, and area fire trucks, antique automobiles, several bands, and even a doll…"

Historic Hallowell - Cascade Hand Tub

"… regions around Hallowell and the logs that floated down the Kennebec. These logs at most burned slowly. There were also no matches at the time."

Thomaston: The Town that Went to Sea - The End of Wooden Shipbuilding - 1910 to 1950

"… at Dunn and Elliot’s wharf, where she became a floating landmark, a visual reminder of Thomaston’s shipbuilding heritage."

Biddeford History & Heritage Project - VIII. Changing course and new beginnings (1955-Present) - Page 1 of 2

"… manufactures either moved to the South or where floated along temporarily by business interests in the state."

Guilford, Maine - EVENTS - Page 2 of 3

"Pieces of homes, trees, and bundles of lumber floated down the river. When the lumber hit the Father Curran Bridge the straps snapped, which caused…"

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

"Logs could be floated, and steam-driven factories were set up along the river banks. After 1900, when the first permanent bridge across the stream in…"

Skowhegan Community History - Kennebec River Log Drive

"… transporting a large amount of logs to mills by floating them down rivers. Logs were also transported across lakes using booms."

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

"… to manage four-foot pulpwood logs, which were floated downstream all summer long. Skowhegan Island X However, the heavy logging use clogged…"

Strong, a Mussul Unsquit village - Groups, Clubs & Organizations - Page 1 of 3

"Aurora Grange #202 Float The Aurora Grange in Strong celebrated rural life for many decades. As one of the Franklin County District's handful of…"

Mount Desert Island: Shaped by Nature - Movies Come To The Island

"Upstairs there was a floating balcony with private boxes that could be reserved by the islands wealthiest summer guests."

Historic Hallowell - Logging

"… got delivered and collected and also contained floating logs timbered from nearby forests. On each log was an identity mark, so the pickers and…"

Historic Hallowell - The Vaughan Stream & Sawmills

"1900Hubbard Free Library Logs would float down the Kennebec River to the steam-powered Milliken Sawmill that operated in the late 1800’s and the…"

Bath's Historic Downtown - Entertainment- Alameda and Opera House

"… that the theatre was closed because the piano was floating. The Bath Opera House yet again had to restore its theatre within the next year."

Life on a Tidal River - The Great Bangor Floods: 1902 and 1976

"… the Penobscot River was starting to break up and float down the river and two ice jams were formed. Along with ice, logs flowed down the river and…"

Lincoln, Maine - Ira Fish

"… land and there is a river so that the wood could float down to the mill. Conclusion: My guess was wrong."

Lincoln, Maine - Ferries

"… cable across the river so the ferry could not float down the river and so the operator could pull them across in either direction."

Lincoln, Maine - Methodist Church

"… the Homecoming parade, and riding on the parade float. I like it when my whole family is there to worship God, because I’m not the only one doing…"

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

"… a boat or “set.” Traps are attached by rope to a floating buoy to mark their location. To identify his traps, each lobsterman has his own buoy…"

Scarborough: They Called It Owascoag - Maritime Tales: Shipyards and Shipwrecks - Page 1 of 2

"It was launched as a hull in 1847 and was to be floated to Portland for final fitting out, but the ship was beached in a gale after it left the…"

Lubec, Maine - S.S. Cumberland: Steamer Brought Passengers and Prosperity to Lubec but Met Tragic End

"… in the steamer filled rapidly and tugs could not float her. The damage to the cargo will be heavy.” Tragedy Strikes Abandoned following the…"