Maine Memory Network

Guilford, Maine - MANUFACTURING - Page 2 of 2

"The mill founded flame retardant fabrics in 1974. The mill is over 150 years old. It is located on Route 15 in the center of Guilford, on the right…"

Surry by the Bay - Nineteenth Century

"… plus it housed a carding mill, tannery, stave mill, shingle mill, corn and barley gristmills. At the same time, many East Surry men, along with…"

Historic Hallowell - Timeline of Cyclone

"… morning watchman on the top level of the cotton mill. As he started working, he heard an ominous ripping noise which lifted the roof right above…"

Lincoln, Maine - High Street Bridge, Lincoln, ca. 1903

"Note the stone piers. This was built after the wooden bridge washed out by a Spring flood in 1902. The large white building on the right is the…"

Historic Hallowell - Sweat on the Kennebec ~ Hallowell Steam and Boom Company

"… location of the great sorting boom for down-river mills. These men made up rafts of logs for the several owners by laying them crosswise of the…"

Historic Hallowell - Industry on the Bombahook Citations

"… "saw mill." Wikipedia, the Free Encyclopedia. Web. 03 May 2011. <http:// en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Logging>."

Historic Hallowell - Hallowell Schools

"… people who worked at the local Hallowell cotton mills and shoe factories) had to attend school as well."

Historic Hallowell - Hallowell's First Dwelling

"… hewn timber, procured boards and planks from the mill at Cobbossee, and built a comfortable frame house of two stories in front and one at the…"

Historic Hallowell - Logging

"The saw mill would make the logs in different shapes and sizes, so they could sell the logs to citizens who were in need of lumber."

Historic Hallowell - Hallowell History From a 7th Grade Perspective

"… to many other exhibits including The Cotton Mill, Johnson Shoe Factory as well as some history about the Vaughan Stream. Mr."

Historic Hallowell - Ice Harvesting on Cascade Pond

"You would insulate it with sawdust from the mills. That would go on until the ice house was full.” Weston's Ox TeamHubbard Free Library “In the…"

Historic Hallowell - Ice Harvesting on Cascade Pond ~ A Family Affair

"You would insulate it with sawdust from the mills. That would go on until the ice house was full. Weston's Ox TeamHubbard Free Library…"

Historic Hallowell - Johnson Brothers and Their Shoe Factory

"Once they moved out, the abandoned building was torn down in May, 1955, and a skating rink took its place. Cotton Mill and Johnson Shoes Citations"

Biddeford History & Heritage Project - The Civil War/Reconstruction Era as Experienced in Biddeford & Saco - Page 4 of 17

"… a contract for the New York Harlem Bridge and a bridge in Philadelphia to provide 25,000 yards of stone to New York and 600 for Philadelphia."

Historic Hallowell - Hallowell Floods

"… Library Flood, Joppa viewed from Cotton Mill, Hallowell, 1936Hubbard Free Library The river also was getting its spring flow of water which…"

Farmington: Franklin County's Shiretown - Index

"… Inn - Places Brief History - Main Page Carolyn Stone - People Chester Greenwood - People Corn Canning Industry - Agriculture Culture - Main Page…"

Guilford, Maine - Early Manufacturing - Page 2 of 3

"Guilford Woolen Mills, ca. 1920Guilford Historical Society New Addition to Guilford Woolen Mill, ca."

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

"Starbirds Mill X Chase Hewett Mill X Carrabassett Creamery X East New Portland has a site known as “The Mill District.” It has been the…"

Architecture & Landscape database - John P. Thomas

"… in using the style to create imposing brick and stone residences for such influential individuals as Robert P. Hazzard, Jr. in Gardiner, Harry M."

Architecture & Landscape database - John Calvin Stevens

"… native materials such as wood shingles and local stone. While Stevens continued to work in the Shingle Style into the twentieth century, the more…"

Blue Hill, Maine - Discover the Story of Blue Hill - Page 2 of 4

"Carrying stone over water was sometimes perilous: stone sloops sank more readily than the timber schooners in bad weather."

Otisfield Historical Society

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Bangor Public Library

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Mount Desert Island: Shaped by Nature - Beginnings

"Lumber Mill at the Mill Pond, Somesville, ca. 1905 At Somesville, the presence of flowing water meant that mills, such as this lumber mill, could be…"