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Maine Granite Industry Historical Society

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Historic Hallowell - Solid Foundations - Hallowell Granite

"Maternity, Hallowell Granite Works, ca. 1895Hubbard Free Library What made Hallowell granite desirable?  It was light and fine grained, with a high…"

Historic Hallowell - Industrial Technology

"Industrial Technology Sydney Gross, Alex Landry, Alex Guiou, Sydney Perry & Maggie Pomerleau Cotton Mill, Academy Street, Hallowell, ca."

Historic Hallowell - Industrial Recources

"Industrial Recources Grant Bowen's Interwiew with Captain Aurthur Moore, Harbor Master  In earlier days, ships were made of wood, but later were…"

Historic Hallowell - Industry on Bombahook

"Industry on Bombahook There are several theories as to how Bombahook Stream got its name. Birds eye view map, Hallowell, 1878 Bombahook is the…"

Historic Hallowell - Early Industry and Bombahook

"Blacksmiths were are the heart of the granite industry where sharp chisels were an absolute necessity. Wire Mill on Vaughan Brook."

Historic Hallowell - Wire, Ice, and Iron Industries

"Wire, Ice, and Iron Industries Anna Hodgkins, Lilly Ly, Maggie Marseglia & Thea Sweet Wire Mill, Hallowell, ca."

Historic Hallowell - Maine Industrial School for Girls

"Maine Industrial School for Girls Industrial School for Girls, Winthrop Hill, Hallowell, ca. 1919Hubbard Free Library The purpose of the…"

Historic Hallowell - Industry on the Bombahook Citations

"Industry on the Bombahook Citations Activities Along the Bombahook. N.p.: n.p., n.d. Alden, Andrew. " Abrasive Minerals." 25 Apr. 2011."

Historic Hallowell - Industry and Immigrants-A Changing Community

"… established after the Civil War, was the granite industry. For over 50 years, it employed close to 500 skilled stone cutters and sculptors, many of…"

Swan's Island: Six miles east of ordinary - Salmon industry

"Salmon industry Salmon pens off Swan's Island, ca. 1990Swan's Island Historical Society Swan’s Island was home to an Atlantic salmon farm and…"

Historic Hallowell - Johnny Stringer ~ A Character of Industry

"Johnny Stringer ~ A Character of Industry Johnny Stringer, Artisan, Hallowell, ca. 1848Hubbard Free Library One of the more common, but…"

Historic Hallowell - Industry at the Mouth of the Vaughan Stream

"Industry at the Mouth of the Vaughan Stream Jake Allen, Ethan Ballew & Avery Page McClench Machine Shop, Hallowell, 1879Courtesy of Sumner A."

Mount Desert Island: Shaped by Nature - The Granite and Ice Industries

"The Granite and Ice Industries Granite Quarry Crew at Work, Mount Desert Island, ca. 1890 Men at work in Hall Quarry."

Biddeford History & Heritage Project - VI. The deluge of industrial expansion & immigration (1865-1900) - Page 1 of 2

"Ice cutting would become an important industry, and remained so until the turn of the century. Around 1861 the first two schooners specially equipped…"

Blue Hill, Maine - Shipbuilding: An Important Early Industry

"Some of these included granite mined in East Blue Hill, lumber, ice from local ponds that was shipped in sawdust to keep from melting, and fish."

Historic Hallowell - In the Beginning - Raw Materials - Quarrying

"Quarrying granite soon followed. Outcroppings like those of Hain’s Ledge Quarry west of town provided easy access to the raw material."

Historic Hallowell - Carvers and Quarrymen

"Cole, in his publication for Maine Historic Preservation Commission entitled "Hallowell Granite Works-An Historical Summary-Evolution of the Site"…"

Historic Hallowell - Transportation Challenge

"1890Hubbard Free Library Granite pieces too large to be sent by rail were shipped by sea. Transfer to the ships was done at the granite wharf near…"

Swan's Island: Six miles east of ordinary - Kids at the quarry

"… once-busy industry, from iron spikes left in the granite to boilers that generated the steam power for the quarry tools."

Historic Hallowell - “Maine’s Century” Ends

"… Kennebec River steamboat traffic just as the granite industry gave way to concrete and steel. Last Coal Barge, Hallowell, ca."

Historic Hallowell - Portrait of the Proprietor

"He was the second Maine Governor from Hallowell elected in 1887. His son Joseph F. Bodwell succeeded him as president of the Hallowell Granite Works."

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

"Baird's Quarry Swan's Island granite was quarried at sites around the island, providing work for many laborers and the businesses that supported…"

Historic Hallowell - Nature's Bounty - Raw Material, Close at Hand

"Moving Granite, Outer Winthrop Street, Hallowell, ca. 1890Hubbard Free Library The wagon-like carriers were called "galamanders," and were usually…"