Maine Memory Network

Blue Hill, Maine - Educating Blue Hill

"… per schoolhouse, and these furnaces would only heat a few square feet of classroom. The first kids to arrive at school would load the stove with…"

Farmington: Franklin County's Shiretown - Agriculture

"… 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."

Lubec, Maine - Building the Roosevelt Bridge to Campobello - Page 1 of 3

"… shores offered limited respite during August heat. The Roosevelt family felt no need for a bridge."

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…"

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."

Eastern Maine Medical Center

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Strong, a Mussul Unsquit village - Soldiers Of The Civil War

"Isaiah gave up his horse in the heat of battle to his commander, so the Confederates would not capture the leaders."

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…"

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…"

Mantor Library, University of Maine Farmington

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