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Presque Isle: The Star City - Harvesting Potatoes - Page 2 of 13

"Since horses both pulled the digger and powered the digger mechanism, the horses tired easily. They had to rest frequently or were replaced by…"

Presque Isle: The Star City - Jasper Beckwith Spraying Potatoes, Presque Isle, 1940

"Here is shown a type of sprayer that appears to power the pump off the wheels. View additional information about this item on the Maine Memory…"

Presque Isle: The Star City - King Farm, Presque Isle, ca. 1920

"… horses, which means that the pump was probably powered by the sprayer wheels.The potato plants appear to be in blossom, so the photograph was taken…"

Mount Desert Island: Shaped by Nature - Activities for Rusticators

"… ShowJesup Memorial Library A fine stable of horses carried great prestige among Mount Desert’s summer elite as did winning a ribbon in the annual…"

Lincoln, Maine - Mills & Paper Industry - Page 1 of 2

"Even so, it was better than working your horses to pull out the logs, because the horses would wear out fast."

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

"Transportation too a lot of people power and a lot of animal power. The 2 1/2 mile route along Outer Winthrop Street contained wetland and a steep…"

Presque Isle: The Star City - Harvesting Potatoes - Page 3 of 13

"This made the digger easier for the horses to pull. Harvesting Potatoes, Presque Isle, 1940Presque Isle Historical Society The photograph on…"

Historic Hallowell - Industrial Recources

"Horsing iron, and jerry iron worked together on this, the horsing iron has caulk away deck seams while the Jerry Iron had to extract old seems from…"

Scarborough: They Called It Owascoag - Transportation Through the Years - Page 2 of 4

"… grade for the railroad.(3) Batteries that powered the trolleys were recharged and maintained at a power station in Dunstan."

Historic Hallowell - Industry at the Mouth of the Vaughan Stream

"The turbine turned gears, wheels, and belts that powered the mill machinery. Whiting was made from finely powdered chalk."

Skowhegan Community History - Farming in the Skowhegan Area

"The first means of power for a farm was ox power and that was very hard and it was slow. Later, horses were used to cultivate the soil and work the…"

Historic Hallowell - Ice Cutting

"Ice men are guiding ice blocks toward the steam-powered conveyor belt. This belt lifts the blocks up, into the ice house for later shipping."

Western Maine Foothills Region - Dixfield - Page 2 of 5

"He had a powerful, high-sprited horse which he called his “War Horse” which was never broken to harness and could be managed by none but himself."

Highlighting Historical Hampden - Summer Street

"A ticket was only $6.00! Horse-drawn wagons were often lined up all the way from the river to the Main Road waiting their turn to off- or on-load…"

Historic Hallowell - Ice Cutting and Ice Houses on the Bombahook

"… in 1911 to make room for the Central Maine Power Plant. Arthur Moore Ice House, Hallowell, ca."

Historic Hallowell - Ice Cutting and Ice Houses on the Bombahook

"… in 1911 to make room for the Central Maine Power Plant. Arthur Moore Ice House, Hallowell, ca."

Blue Hill, Maine - Discover the Story of Blue Hill - Page 2 of 4

"Water powered sawmills were built on streams at the head of the harbor and Peters Cove. At the original settlement in Blue Hill Falls, mills were…"

New Portland: Bridging the Past to the Future - North New Portland Village

"… was installed which was rated for 150 horse power. This business furnished employment for many and gave a ready market for birch timber."

Guilford, Maine - Pre-Settlement And The First 100 Years

"… vicinity of a river which could be harnessed for power to run saw mills, shingle mills, grist mills, or anything else that needed more power than…"

Presque Isle: The Star City - Arthur R. Gould

"In the spring of 1906, building began on a power plant at Aroostook Falls in New Brunswick to supply much-needed power to northern Maine and New…"

Scarborough: They Called It Owascoag - Historical Overview - Page 3 of 4

"… inadequate for the increasingly larger and more powerful aircraft and airport operations moved to Stroudwater."

Islesboro--An Island in Penobscot Bay - Early Settlements

"… was also a small coal wharf, a store and a tidal-powered grist mill on the creek. Coal was a very necessary commodity for heating, once most of the…"

St. Croix Historical Society

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Lubec, Maine - Lubec History

"The Gazetteer of Maine, 1882 reported: “The tide power privilege available at North Lubec is equaled by very few on the entire coast."