Maine Memory Network

Swan's Island: Six miles east of ordinary - Minturn Schoolhouse

"Both floors were heated by a wood stove in the winter. Minturn student Marion Stinson recalls: "...we’d take a big potato and put it in a coffee can…"

Maine's Road to Statehood - The Final Vote

"… Historical Society For several months after the heated Brunswick Convention, separation was only a whisper."

Guilford, Maine - BUILDINGS - Page 1 of 5

"In 1952 a new heating system was put into the hall. On February 15th, 1979, it caught fire due to the heating system."

Historic Hallowell - Industry at the Mouth of the Vaughan Stream

"The putty was made of ground chalk, linseed oil, and polybutene. Slate was used for roofs, floors, paints, and blackboards."

Guilford, Maine - EVENTS - Page 1 of 3

"The only thing left was bad smoke and heat damage. Later, on the Mansion was rebuilt to its former glory."

Early Maine Photography - Landscape Photography - Page 1 of 3

"… of its gutted stone shell so damaged by the heat of the fire that demolition was the only alternative."

Guilford, Maine - BUILDINGS - Page 2 of 5

"It was a hardware store on the first floor and the First National Bank on the second floor. John Scales & Sons became the firm name on January 20…"

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

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

Lubec, Maine - The Lighthouse at West Quoddy Head

"… and a brick utility shed, originally storing heating coal. Steam powered the 19th Century, and eventually fog signals at lighthouses."

Blue Hill, Maine - Educating Blue Hill

"… first through fifth grades on the first floor, and sixth through eighth on the second floor."

Farmington: Franklin County's Shiretown - Education

"Heating buildings was difficult as coal was nearly impossible obtain and wood was scarce. At this same time, teachers’ salaries were low; a person…"

Eastern Maine Medical Center

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Otisfield Historical Society

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Bangor Public Library

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

"… each side of the bench with individual stoves for heating their soldering iron. The report said “they are ‘the can makers,’ so called, who solder…"

Islesboro--An Island in Penobscot Bay - Historical Overview

"… and many families sought to escape the summer heat of the cities. Bangor was already a summer destination, and adventurous families soon discovered…"

Cumberland & North Yarmouth - "Main Streets" of North Yarmouth and Cumberland

"… clothes iron which had a hollow base into which a heated triangular metal piece would fit that kept the iron continuously hot."

Mantor Library, University of Maine Farmington

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