Maine Memory Network

Cumberland & North Yarmouth - Representative Industries of Cumberland and North Yarmouth

"… and increased the water power by improving the dam. There was a carding mill operated by Mr. Purvis south of the bridge, near Mr."

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

"The North Village has had two fires that burned much of the main street twice. The first fire was November 1, 1890 (or 1891), the loss from this fire…"

Old Berwick Historical Society

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

"A dam, south of the County Road (Main Street) created a millpond, which backed up under the bridge and to the north, upon which several mills and a…"

Lincoln, Maine - Mills & Paper Industry - Page 1 of 2

"… sent Ira Fish and 17 other men north to build dams for saw mills on Mattanawcook Stream. That winter, the men cut 5,000,000 board feet of lumber…"

Biddeford History & Heritage Project - VIII. Changing course and new beginnings (1955-Present) - Page 2 of 2

"North Dam Mill, 2010. Photograph by Kylie Clukey, Biddeford High School. X For more information..."

Guilford, Maine - Pre-Settlement And The First 100 Years

"Saw Logs Over the Dam, Guilford, ca. 1880Guilford Historical Society On February 16 of 1806, Robert Low Jr."

Lubec, Maine - Timeline

"… 1919 • Passamaquoddy Tidal Project proposed – two dams built in Eastport, one partially constructed in Lubec."

Western Maine Foothills Region - Mexico - Page 1 of 3

"… mills had previously been established around the dams built on Webb River, the boundary line between Mexico and Dixfield."

Strong, a Mussul Unsquit village - Strong's History - Page 3 of 4

"… level of Day Mountain Pond to a point below the dam, the town had to install a suction pump to keep water supplied to the town."

Guilford, Maine - Early Manufacturing - Page 2 of 3

"… Historical Society In 1824, the first dam across the Piscataquis River in Guilford was erected, and another sawmill built alongside it on the…"

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

"This was a good dam, lumber mill, grist mill, clover and starch factory. Later a school house was built."

Farmington: Franklin County's Shiretown - John Frank Stevens

"… who proposed building a high level canal with dams and locks instead of a sea level one like the French were trying to do."

Presque Isle: The Star City - Arthur R. Gould

"The mill was powered by water from the dam across the Presque Isle Stream. Shingles, clapboards, and laths were shipped to the Boston market while…"

Presque Isle: The Star City - John R Braden

"His dam was Braden Girl. Early lessons given to John R Braden did not indicate that he had the ability to become a great race horse."