Maine Memory Network

Mount Desert Island: Shaped by Nature - Economic History of Main Street, Northeast Harbor - Page 2 of 3

"… plumbers, one masonry contractor, three granite quarries and a boat builder. There were two pharmacies, two barbers, two clothiers, four tailors…"

Historic Hallowell - Industry at the Mouth of the Vaughan Stream

"Slate, a rock formed from shale and mined by quarrying, had low heat and not very much pressure put on it."

Bath's Historic Downtown - The Customs House

"The 1912 addition was also granite from the same quarry at Mussel Ridge Islands in Penobscot Bay. The architectural style of the 2.5 story building…"

Thomaston: The Town that Went to Sea - Thomaston is Incorporated - 1777

"… where he started many industries, resuming the quarrying of lime and trading at Limestone Hill and the wharves at the river."

Thomaston: The Town that Went to Sea - Thomaston Expands - 1805 to 1846

"… Due to the thriving shipbuilding and lime quarrying businesses, the population in Thomaston swelled to 6227 by the 1840s, and a variety of…"

Presque Isle: The Star City - Native Americans

"… and caribou, camped around Munsungan Lake and quarried high quality red, green, and gray chert (flint) which they used to make beautifully crafted…"

Guilford, Maine - BUILDINGS - Page 4 of 5

"Slate was used a lot because of the slate quarry in Monson. In the early 1900s indoor plumbing and electricity where used in new construction."

Mantor Library, University of Maine Farmington

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