Maine Memory Network

Swan's Island: Six miles east of ordinary - Baird's Quarry history

"Quarry rails from the quarry dock to the quarry, Swan's Island, ca. 1900Swan's Island Historical Society The pinkish buff granite from it was medium…"

Historic Hallowell - Solid Foundations - Hallowell Granite

"… in Maine the first resource exploited was timber, quarrying granite soon followed as a money-maker. Maternity, Hallowell Granite Works, ca."

Swan's Island: Six miles east of ordinary - Minturn Schoolhouse

"A former student recalls: "Yep, and ‘course the stuff used to run right down the rocks and everything and in the wintertime we’d slide down it."

Swan's Island: Six miles east of ordinary - Ocean View Hotel

"… though it was said of him that he 'had a rocking chair permanently attached to his butt.' Lilla Moulden owned and operated the Ocean View Hotel…"

Thomaston: The Town that Went to Sea - Henry Knox: Lime Works

"Henry Knox: Lime Works Limestone quarry, Thomaston, ca. 1880 One hundred years after Henry Knox's involvement, lime quarrying was still an…"

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."

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

"Chase Granite Quarry, East Blue Hill, ca. 1895Blue Hill Historical Society The Granite Industry. Running east along the northern edge of Blue Hill…"

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…"

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…"