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Historic Hallowell - Ice Storm Works Cited Page

"“CMP attacks lines in frigid battle.” Kennebec Journal, 11 Jan. 1998, Storm Edition: Day 3, sec. Front Page. Cheever, Dave."

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Historic Hallowell - Hallowell History Bibliography

"A Maritime History of Bath and the Kennebec River Region. Bath, ME.: Marine Research Society of Bath, 1973. "Seaport on the Kennebec" Vol."

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Historic Hallowell - Schooners, Steamers, Ships and Tankers

"… Della Collins, Eastern Steamship Company Wharf, Kennebec River, Hallowell, ca. 1890Hubbard Free Library The Zebedee E."

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Historic Hallowell - Police and Fire Citations

"Laberge, Mike. “It’s 200 and counting.” Kennebec Journal 17 Mar. 1990 sam. Online interview. 27 Apr. 2011. snell, katherine H. hisoric hallowell."

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Historic Hallowell - John Calvin Stevens House

"… classic shingle style home sits high above the Kennebec River town of Hallowell, Maine. Note the turret and open, rounded porch which are drawn…"

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Historic Hallowell - In the Beginning - Raw Materials - Quarrying

"Hallowell is no exception. The Kennebec is the thoroughfare. Like most communities in Maine the resource first exploited was timber, processed into…"

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Historic Hallowell - Wire, Ice, and Iron Industries

"… in Hallowell’s history were the Fuller Foundry, several ice houses, and the Kennebec Wire Company. Click on the links to find more information."

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Historic Hallowell - Dummer House

"Old Hallowell on the Kennebec, Nason, 1909. Nathaniel Dummer held several prominent roles in the civic life of Hallowell."

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Historic Hallowell - The Opening & Closing of Hallowell's Shoe Companies

"In 1903, the Cotton Mill was sold to Kennebec Realty Company. The Cotton Mill moved out of the building in 1903 when it was sold to the Kennebec…"

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Historic Hallowell - Early Industry and Bombahook

"In Hallowell, a point jutting into the Kennebec River known as Bombahook was a convenient location. The peninsula, known later as Sheppard's Point…"

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Historic Hallowell - History of The Cotton Mill

"In 1887, Payson changed the name to Kennebec River Mills. Row House, Hallowell, ca. 1935 Hallowell mill workers lived in The Row House on Second…"

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Historic Hallowell - Captains and Their Ships

"… on Schooners and Steamers, including Tankers within this paragraph. Socony Tanker, Kennebec River, Hallowell, 1957Hubbard Free Library"

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Historic Hallowell - Ice Cutting

"1900 A similar view to the procedure used on the Kennebec when gathering ice. Click on the link to learn more about cutting ice on Cascade Pond in…"

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Historic Hallowell - A Bay State Exodus

"… a boat could get a man from Massachusetts to the Kennebec valley. Each decade after the Revolution saw the population of the area increase by…"

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Historic Hallowell - Our Journey Home

"… of places -- a wilderness area well inland on the Kennebec River. The people who came here to begin a new life determined to make it more than a…"

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Historic Hallowell - Industry on Bombahook

"… the city of Bombay India, and the hook in the Kennebec River just below the point. There is no documentation for either theory."

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Historic Hallowell - Industry on the Bombahook Citations

"Old Hallowell on the Kennebec. Augusta, Maine: Sam Teddy Publishers, 2009 N.p.: n.p., n.d. www.google.com. 23 Apr."

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Historic Hallowell - History Celebrated, Threatened and Preserved

"… highway, by razing all the buildings between the Kennebec River and Water Street, including the commercial areas known as Merchant’s Row and…"

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Historic Hallowell - Shipbuilders, Sailors and Whaling Men

"… that all you needed to build ships on the Kennebec was a stand of timber, a sloping bank and a little good water."

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Historic Hallowell - Hallowell's First Dwelling

"… one little child, landed upon the shore of the Kennebec and made a path for themselves to the spot where the old cotton factory now stands in…"

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Historic Hallowell - Hallowell Floods

"Kennebec River Flood, North end of Joppa, Hallowell, 1896Hubbard Free Library On March 2nd, 1896, Hallowell had its 3rd largest flood in the history…"

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Historic Hallowell - Logging

"When they got shipped down the Kennebec, they went to the Steam and Boom Company in Hallowell. The Steam and Boom Company collected all the logs and…"

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Historic Hallowell - Shipbuilding

"… Library As reported in the September 24, 2001, Kennebec Journal, Kevin Pomerleau and four other divers recovered wooden artifacts from the bottom…"

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Historic Hallowell - Joppa

"… article titled "Story Linked to Naming of Joppa", Kennebec Journal July 27, 1962. Joppa Looking North, Hallowell, 1870Courtesy of Sumner A."