Maine Memory Network

Historic Hallowell - Ice Storm Day 1

"It also led many people to be without power or heat. Many events happened to people during this time."

Farmington: Franklin County's Shiretown - Lowell's General Store, Commerce, & the Railroad

"… with charcoal (which did not conduct the outside heat to the inside of the car) and ice was placed in a tube on either side of each door."

Highlighting Historical Hampden - War of 1812

"… Blake, and prominent Hampden citizens held a heated and confused meeting at the Hampden Academy building."

Thomaston: The Town that Went to Sea - Marion Sanborn

"… house when they first came, because we don’t have heating like now, they’d have to stay in the kitchen for a few days so they’d get a little bit…"

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."

Cumberland & North Yarmouth - Cumberland's Prince Memorial Library : Evolution of a Community Institution

"The original building was renovated, a new heating plant was added and the library grounds were landscaped at the same time the addition was…"

Strong, a Mussul Unsquit village - National Blue Ribbon School

"New windows, lighting, heating and ventilation systems installed, and classrooms for the then 220 students would all be 700 square feet and renovated."

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."

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."

Historic Hallowell - The Vaughan Stream & Sawmills

"… along the Bombahook, the Kennebec Light and Heat Company, was the first supplier of an electric current to Hallowell."

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

"The heating system caught fire and quickly ignited the wood. At 2:00 AM a fire alarm was set off. The Bath Fire Company responded to the fire alarm…"

Blue Hill, Maine - Discover the Story of Blue Hill - Page 3 of 4

"They were eager to leave behind them the heat and the seasonal epidemics of the crowded cities. Blue Hill Inn construction, Blue Hill, 1892Blue…"

Guilford, Maine - BUILDINGS - Page 2 of 5

"… for hanging hose to dry and a large stove to heat. Upstairs in the house there was a room for the meetings to be held in."

Swan's Island: Six miles east of ordinary - IV. Transitions and troubles: Private enterprise shoulders an island’s needs

"… made running water possible, and plumbing and heating changed in island houses. There was also a decrease in the popular Fourth of July prank of…"

Western Maine Foothills Region - For The Love Of Paper - Page 2 of 4

"… paper machine, dry the paper, cook the pulp, and heat the buildings found a need for a new and modern steam plant."

Presque Isle: The Star City - John R Braden

"… and competitor Directum J in three consecutive heats at the Island Park Raceway in Woodstock, New Brunswick."

Skowhegan Community History - Abenakis in the Norridgewock/Skowhegan Area

"They made sweat baths or lodges, by heating stones in a cold lodge until very hot, and then cooling them to create steam."

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."

Thomaston: The Town that Went to Sea - Raymond Wallace

"They would stamp each pair. How’d you get heating? We had woodstoves but it only kept one room warm. My wife had it harder than I did."

Guilford, Maine - BUSINESSES - Page 3 of 3

"The railroad company began hauling potatoes in heated boxcars. Potatoes had given them a bigger profit when the times were getting hard."

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

"… in harvesting of wood for shipbuilding and heating purposes. Also, early notations in "Vital Records of Islesboro" indicate the frequent town…"

Islesboro--An Island in Penobscot Bay - Early Settlements

"Coal was a very necessary commodity for heating, once most of the good firewood had disappeared. Electricity was not introduced to Islesboro until…"

Bath's Historic Downtown - Intersection of Centre and Washington

"… in the 1950s, but eventually evolved into a heating business and then an automobile dealership."

Prince Memorial Library

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