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Robert A. Frost Memorial Library

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

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

Thomaston: The Town that Went to Sea - Early 1800s

"… Knox Wharf at the foot of Wadsworth Street, the Limestone Hill quarry and other valuable property mortgaged to him by Lucy Knox prior to 1820, was…"

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

"From as early as 1734, limestone was quarried on Limestone Hill near the St. George River in what was later to become known as the Prison Quarry."

Historic Hallowell - Prisons and Firearms

"It was known as Limestone Hill. The Legislative Branch built it and owned it too. On September 15, 1924, a fire started in the broom shop, spreading…"

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

"… to accumulate mineral properties containing limestone and clay, eventually establishing the New England Portland Cement Co."

Thomaston: The Town that Went to Sea - Prison is Established - 1823

"… or tract of land in Thomaston with a quarry of limestone thereon, beginning in the southerly line of the county road 100’ westerly of the northwest…"

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…"

Bath's Historic Downtown - Old Town Hall and Grant Building

"… building is brick with a front of granite and limestone in the art deco style. There were 473 Grant stores nationwide."

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

"… resuming the quarrying of lime and trading at Limestone Hill and the wharves at the river. Sloops were built, making regular trips to Boston to…"

Bath's Historic Downtown - Davenport Memorial and City Hall

"It is a fireproof structure made of limestone and bricks with a granite foundation. There are columns at its entrance to define the curved front…"

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

"Henry Knox: Lime Works Limestone quarry, Thomaston, ca. 1880 One hundred years after Henry Knox's involvement, lime quarrying was still an…"

Islesboro--An Island in Penobscot Bay - Historical Overview

"The bedrock consists mostly of slate, quartzite, limestone and greenstone – materials that at a later date provided income for those who came to…"

Mantor Library, University of Maine Farmington

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