Maine Memory Network

Historic Hallowell - Industry at the Mouth of the Vaughan Stream

"Webber, Sr., an individual partner The Boston Flint Paper Company, Whiting Mill, Machine Shop, and the Slate & Plaster Mill operated along the…"

Islesboro--An Island in Penobscot Bay - Businesses and Cottage Industries

"… the very best ideas from their whirring sewing machines heard from within their building. In addition to their innovative creations, the sewing…"

Lincoln, Maine - Mills & Paper Industry - Page 2 of 2

"The Company operates a fully integrated pulp and paper facility with three tissue machines and two paper machines in Lincoln, Maine.”"

Biddeford History & Heritage Project - Artists and Inventors of Biddeford

"Shaw & Clark Sewing Machine, Biddeford, ca. 1865McArthur Public Library In the nineteenth and twentieth centuries the in-migration of people from…"

Historic Hallowell - Kennebec Wire Company

"Wire mills still exist today, but workers use high-tech machines to cut the wire and shrink it to a certain diameter."

Western Maine Foothills Region - For The Love Of Paper - Page 2 of 4

"12 machine. Room also was required to house new super calenders. These went into production in 1948."

Biddeford History & Heritage Project - V. A Cascade of Booms & Busts (1790-1865) - Page 1 of 3

"Incorporation of the Saco Water Power Machine Company, 1837McArthur Public Library Matthew Cobb was the principal merchant in Biddeford during these…"

Western Maine Foothills Region - For The Love Of Paper - Page 4 of 4

"10 Machine in 1964. No. 15 Paper Machine would come on line in August 1980. These added paper production capabilities were necessary to bolster all…"

Western Maine Foothills Region - For The Love Of Paper - Page 1 of 4

"The first paper machine went into production on December 21, 1901. By February, 1902, all four paper machines were in operation and producing about…"

Historic Hallowell - Ice Cutting and Ice Houses on the Bombahook

"Today, the ice industry no longer exists. The reason why the ice industry shut down was that water pollution was affecting the quality of the ice…"

Historic Hallowell - Ice Cutting and Ice Houses on the Bombahook

"Today, the ice industry no longer exists. The reason why the ice industry shut down was that water pollution was affecting the quality of the ice…"

Western Maine Foothills Region - For The Love Of Paper - Page 3 of 4

"1 and 3 Paper Machines were shut down as they were not contributing to profits. Ethyl had Beloit redesign No."

Historic Hallowell - The Fuller Foundry

"… believed that in all departments they should attempt excellence. It closed because there were new machines that took over to make the iron parts."

Historic Hallowell - Energy

"Some people might have even had ovens.. The machines in factories affected people a lot. Machines were replacing jobs that people had."

Farmington: Franklin County's Shiretown - Chester Greenwood

"He built and patented a boring machine, which was used in the wood turning industry. The last thing he patented was a spring-tooth rake."

Swan's Island: Six miles east of ordinary - IV. Transitions and troubles: Private enterprise shoulders an island’s needs

"Swan’s Island cars were often patched-together machines that were repaired enough to handle the shorter distances of island travel."

Historic Hallowell - Logging

"The paper industry relied on the logging industry because they used trees to make paper. Nowadays, logs aren’t shipped down the Kennebec River…"

Lubec, Maine - Canning Sardines in Lubec: Technology, the Syndicate and Labor

"Gilman says that “machine made cans” and “sealing machines” were made in both plants, but does not describe them."

Farmington: Franklin County's Shiretown - Brief History

"… dealerships were advertising their “exceptional machines” by 1910. Soon Farmington had a gas station on Main Street."

Surry by the Bay - Sawmills of Cunningham Ridge

"… a Briggs and Stratton engine, and added a shingle machine which he powered with a Ford 8N tractor. Wilbur's sawmill has not been run in decades…"

Scarborough: They Called It Owascoag - Catch of the Day: Clamming and Lobstering - Page 2 of 4

"… a need for more structures, trucks, a machine repair shop, employees and clam draggers. The factory was successful and ultimately employed…"

Western Maine Foothills Region - Continental Paper Bag Company

"Each machine made bags of various sizes. The Flat Bag Department made bags for flour, groceries, clothing, confectioneries, and bread in more than 35…"

Historic Hallowell - Hallowell Iron Foundry

"… the Hallowell Cotton Mill with parts for the machines when they were broken. The Hallowell Cotton Mill had a blacksmith shop located on site with…"

Historic Hallowell - Ship Parts

"… by hand (until the invention of the sewing machine.) Anchors were commonly made of stone or iron and took up to a year to craft."