Maine Memory Network

Life on a Tidal River - Project Process

"Project Process 2009-2010 With three schools and two community organizations involved, choosing five exhibit topics for our Bangor Community…"

Lubec, Maine - McCurdy Herring Smokehouse - Page 1 of 4

"In the second section in Part I six steps involved in this food preservation process are shown. A long-time seasonal resident of Lubec, Frank Van…"

John Martin: Expert Observer - Lewiston Journal article on Katahdin Iron Works

"It describes the process of making pig iron and gives some background about the Kathadin Iron Charcoal Co. and the area where it was located."

Swan's Island: Six miles east of ordinary - Salmon industry

"… Island was home to an Atlantic salmon farm and processing plant that started in the late 1980s. Salmon farming had success in other parts of the…"

Lubec, Maine - McCurdy Herring Smokehouse - Page 2 of 4

"1975Lubec Historical Society Preparing smoked herring was a traditional process, that is, one that changed little in its essentials through the…"

Lubec, Maine - McCurdy Herring Smokehouse - Page 4 of 4

"Also left behind was example of an “improved” item, a wheeled cart. For although the process remained traditional, and so did key tools and…"

Lubec, Maine - McCurdy Herring Smokehouse - Page 3 of 4

"… investigator, Ansley Hall, tell much about the process, even then, already practiced in Lubec for possibly one hundred years."

Farmington: Franklin County's Shiretown - Maps

"… history and see the power of maps in the learning process. UMF Arboretum Trail -- First put together by a biology class at University of Maine…"

Lubec, Maine - Lubec History

"… years, through the prosperous era of herring processing, and into the present with efforts to forge economic recovery through aquaculture and…"

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

"Some of the steps in the process of canning are shown. The effort to form a cartel to control what its organizers thought what might be controlled is…"

Lubec, Maine - Klondike: Lubec's Gold from Sea Water Hoax

"… by he Standard Sardine Company and fish was processed there for several years. This photo, taken around 1930, also shows the house where P.F."

John Martin: Expert Observer - Boy at Bangor parade, July 4, 1865

"… Martin wrote, "Another splendid feature in the procession was the boys schools being each school in seperate companies with a regular set of…"

Farmington: Franklin County's Shiretown - Education

"… a greenhouse and students learned the growth process. One course popular with the female population was typing."

Lubec, Maine - Susie Calder: Lubec's Sardine Queen

"Was everyone working in fishing or fish processing? S: Yes, in the factories, and at the can plant … and then, when they couldn’t do that, that’s why…"

Swan's Island: Six miles east of ordinary - II. Pinkies, wherries, skiffs and chebaccos: Early Settlement

"… led to companion industries, such as the processing of the fish catch, mills to process timber and grains, and boat building."

Lubec, Maine - Timeline

"… Ramsdell cures first herring by smoke in Lubec, a process learned in Nova Scotia 1798 • Eastport (Moose Island) incorporated – includes Lubec and…"

John Martin: Expert Observer - Scrapbook 1: 1885-1899, Katahdin Iron Works, Silver Lake Hotel

"… wrote, provides details about the iron-making process, the business end of iron making, and the Silver Lake Hotel, which served both tourist…"

John Martin: Expert Observer - Fish weir, Ball Hill Cove, Hampden, ca. 1832

"… page 47 of the journal and Martin describes the process of installing it and of fishing. He wrote that alewives ran first and as the weather warmed…"

John Martin: Expert Observer - Bangor Cornet Band member, 1864

"The Bangor Cornet Band was part of the procession into the cemetery and performed during the ceremonies."

Presque Isle: The Star City - Potato Starch Factory, c. 1965

"… Society Description A step in the process of producing potato starch which is used in the production of food, medicines, paper, and other…"

Presque Isle: The Star City - Birds Eye mobil combine, Aroostook County, ca. 1960

"… A Birdseye mobil combine for processing pea vines in the field. View additional information about this item on the Maine Memory Network."

Guilford, Maine - BUSINESSES - Page 2 of 3

"Beef processing costs 55 cents per pound dressed; federal beef processing costs 70 cents per pound dressed. They charge $50 to kill a cow either way."

Farmington: Franklin County's Shiretown - Corn Canning Industry

"Corn Canning Industry By 1913, Maine employed 7,000 people in corn factories, one-third of them women."

Farmington: Franklin County's Shiretown - Agriculture

"Agriculture By Taffy Davis Harvesting Autumn CropsFarmington Historical Society Rich soil and the Sandy River, a source of water, travel and…"