Maine Memory Network

Historic Hallowell - History of The Cotton Mill

"… going to shut down because southern states had machinery to make cotton, so they didn’t have to send it to the northern states."

John Martin: Expert Observer - Revenue gunboat "Mahoning," Bangor, 1864

"I then went on board & examined her machinery guns & work generally which was all plain and of the very best material and painted & varnished and…"

Thomaston: The Town that Went to Sea - Architect James Overlock

"… styling and detailing changed as new tools and machinery became available. New to the market were jig saws and circular saws, which were used to…"

Salmon Brook Historical Society

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Strong, a Mussul Unsquit village - Welcome to Strong

"… to the vision of Charles Forster, inventor of the machinery to mass-produce the wood toothpick. Within these pages you will find a wealth of local…"

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

"The Cotton Mill sold the machinery to a mill in Georgia. In 1903, the Cotton Mill was sold to Kennebec Realty Company."

Historic Hallowell - Industry at the Mouth of the Vaughan Stream

"… Mill, Reservoir Dam, Glue Mill, Quartz Mill, Machinery & Oil Mill, and Flint Paper Stock Isinglass & Stock for Same."

Highlighting Historical Hampden - Expansion

"It used no machinery; the paper was pressed in hand screens and stretched on poles to dry. Many Hampden women worked in the mill’s rag room."

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

"… illustrates the interest by many in the area in old potato harvesting machinery. Notice that there are no cleats on the wheels of this digger."

Guilford, Maine - Early Manufacturing - Page 2 of 3

"… of three feet, and destroying dye tubs and other machinery with gravel and lighter stones. Guilford Woolen Mills, ca."

Biddeford History & Heritage Project - V. A Cascade of Booms & Busts (1790-1865) - Page 2 of 3

"… Water Power Company as well, the real estate and machinery arm of the venture. These men & their companies would start and operate the Laconia and…"

Guilford, Maine - Early Manufacturing - Page 3 of 3

"… inventory other than finished goods, and damaging machinery and building alike as the water rose to levels of eight feet within the plant."

Guilford, Maine - EVENTS - Page 2 of 3

"… flood; homes were filled with debris, mills and machinery were ruined. River Street Flood, Guilford, 1923Guilford Historical Society…"

Highlighting Historical Hampden - Expansion

"It used no machinery; the paper was pressed in hand screens and stretched on poles to dry. Many Hampden women worked in the mill’s rag room."

Guilford, Maine - Early Manufacturing - Page 1 of 3

"Most of the specialized machinery was built by company personnel on site as it was not available on the open market."

Historic Hallowell - Johnson Brothers and Their Shoe Factory

"In July 1964, new machinery was installed, which made shoemaking faster and easier.  As a result, there were 300 people employed."

Western Maine Foothills Region - Dixfield's Tuscan Opera House

"The moving picture machinery, owned by John Marsh, and much of the regalia of the Odd Fellows and Rebekahs were lost."

Lubec, Maine - The Lighthouse at West Quoddy Head

"… Association By 1887 an enlarged building housed machinery for two whistles. Those whistles show on the roof, each adjacent to a stack."

Guilford, Maine - Modern History: 1966 to Present

"… news – it seemed nothing could discourage the machinery of progress. As the decade of the ‘70s drew to a close, there were over 1,000 jobs in a…"

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

"… trees and started a carding mill, hauling the machinery from Lisbon by the way of Strong. Bartlett and Plummer turned out large quantities of long…"

Islesboro--An Island in Penobscot Bay - Historical Overview

"… and lack of lumber, sawmills and woodworking machinery, Islesboro never achieved the same success enjoyed by many mainland boatyards during the…"

Bath's Historic Downtown - History Overview

"… sold to a New York firm that salvaged much of its machinery. Then, in 1927, BIW was resurrected by William S."

Eastern Maine Medical Center

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