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Biddeford History & Heritage Project - The Civil War/Reconstruction Era as Experienced in Biddeford & Saco - Page 7 of 17

"Like ice, this industry was international and products shipped all the way to India and Sri Lanka. The Laconia Mills were one of the earliest…"

Swan's Island: Six miles east of ordinary - Summer Pleasures cont'd

"1925Swan's Island Historical Society Ice cream socials were also popular in the 1940s occurring when islanders walked to places like the Seaside…"

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

"… over each year, the rain filled up the pit and iced over in the winter to make a popular skating pond."

Highlighting Historical Hampden - Shipyards

"When the river froze and shipping halted, the ice was harvested by a Hampden company, Dirigo Ice Company, and shipped to cities in the south to help…"

Swan's Island: Six miles east of ordinary - Ocean View Hotel

"… to taking in guests, she ran a pie shop and sold ice cream. The building was also home to Lila and Ray Stinson, who was a selectman for many years…"

Pejepscot Historical Society

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Historic Hallowell - Hallowell Waterfront - Page 2 of 2

"… place to the other or transfer goods like food or ice to other states. Often ships from other states, like Boston, would arrive with goods for…"

Historic Hallowell - The Vaughan Stream & Sawmills

"… 1879, the Knickerbocker Ice Company had several ice houses, and the ice was cut from the river in an area about one mile up and shipped to big…"

Presque Isle: The Star City - Riverside Park and Arboretum

"With the opening of the Forum Building in 1975, ice skating was moved to that facility. Sources: Haskell, William V."

Biddeford History & Heritage Project - The Civil War/Reconstruction Era as Experienced in Biddeford & Saco - Page 9 of 17

"… to Biddeford and Saco to work in textile mills, ice harvesting manufactures, lumber mills, and granite quarries."

Swan's Island: Six miles east of ordinary - Odd Fellows Hall

"… area that still holds a metal trough for icing drinks. The third floor is reserved for I.O.O.F. members."

Presque Isle: The Star City - Native Americans

"Lawrence estuary creating a radially flowing, independent ice cap over northern Maine. Radiocarbon dates from basal sediments of Mansell Pond…"

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

"… 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 - Expansion

"When the river froze and shipping halted, the ice was harvested by a Hampden company, Dirigo Ice Company and shipped to cities in the south to help…"

Guilford, Maine - Early Manufacturing - Page 1 of 3

"… line to include tongue depressors, candy and ice cream sticks, meat skewers, wrapped ice cream spoons and many other items."

Mount Desert Island: Shaped by Nature - Civil War

"… flight of men avoiding the draft, and the emigration of young people in search of new opportunities in the west. The Granite and Ice Industries"

Swan's Island: Six miles east of ordinary - Bonnie and Donnie Staples' house

"… store sold a variety of food items such as the ice cream and candy that made it memorable to the younger islanders."

Historic Hallowell - Lineman's Journal

"We had an ice storm in progress. I was driving to work when I saw a lot of fallen trees in the woods and branches on the road."

Life on a Tidal River - The Great Bangor Floods: 1902 and 1976

"Along with ice, logs flowed down the river and created a dam, causing the water to back up. When the water overflowed onto the banks, the Great…"

Western Maine Foothills Region - Building Boom and Piers above the Falls

"The piers were built on the river ice during the winter months (January, February, and March) in 1893."

Maine's Swedish Colony, July 23, 1870 - Eureka Hall, Stockholm

"… cell, bowling alley, a movie theater, and a ice cream parlor. And even a not so nice piece of our past--the KKK meetings were held there."

Historic Hallowell - Early Industry and Bombahook

"The Fuller Foundry and Knickerbocker's Ice House are on the right. Captured logs and buildings on rafts belong to the Hallowell Steam and Boom…"

New Portland: Bridging the Past to the Future - Bridges of East New Portland

"… sent the heavy timbers crashing to the rocks and ice below. The structure was nearly 300' long. The approach from either side had two roadways: one…"

Presque Isle: The Star City - Adventures in Aroostook County - Page 2 of 3

"It served hot peanuts and ice cream. There was a terrible hurricane in the 1970s that knocked down trees."