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Thomaston: The Town that Went to Sea - Henry Knox: Lime Works

"… One hundred years after Henry Knox's involvement, lime quarrying was still an active industry in Thomaston.Maine Historical Society Lime was…"

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Thomaston: The Town that Went to Sea - Maine State Prison

"… Limestone Hill and its nearly 100-year-old lime quarry, a wharf and stores on Wadsworth Street."

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Thomaston: The Town that Went to Sea - 1870 to 1915

"… Society In addition to shipbuilding, the lime quarry industry- now cement production - continues to be a source of employment in the town."

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Thomaston: The Town that Went to Sea - Building Boom, early 19th century

"Industries of all types were on the rise – lime quarrying, brickmaking, shipbuilding, export and import shipping, carpentry and trading."

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Cumberland & North Yarmouth - Population Decline in Maine's Coastal Counties

"Granite and limestone quarries employed locals in quarrying and Maine ships in the carrying trade. Flake Yard, Portland, 1854Maine Historical…"

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Thomaston: The Town that Went to Sea - Early History - 1719 to 1740

"The lime industry soon became a staple of the economy, which continues to this day in the form of Dragon Cement."

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Thomaston: The Town that Went to Sea - Thomaston is Incorporated - 1777

"Sloops were built, making regular trips to Boston to transport lime, staves and cordwood, returning with cargoes of flour, bolts of cloth and…"

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Historic Hallowell - Industry at the Mouth of the Vaughan Stream

"The plaster was made of hydrated lime, sand, water, and horse hair. The slate was made of clay or volcanic ash."

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Thomaston: The Town that Went to Sea - Thomaston Expands - 1805 to 1846

"… Society Due to the thriving shipbuilding and lime quarrying businesses, the population in Thomaston swelled to 6227 by the 1840s, and a variety of…"