Maine Memory Network

Highlighting Historical Hampden - John Crosby

"… Indies, “trading largely in sugar, molasses and lumber principally.” He was the owner of the first ship, the schooner Dispatch, built in Hampden in…"

Mount Desert Island: Shaped by Nature - Rustication

"They were truly "summering" in Maine. Lumber Mill at the Mill Pond, Somesville, ca. 1905Mount Desert Island Historical Society Somesville was…"

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

"… time each season, or until a sufficient amount of lumber had been cut. Wilson purchased the old mill about 1875 and used it as a saw, stave, and…"

Presque Isle: The Star City - Arthur R. Gould

"In 1905, while searching for lumber, he found a holding ground for lumber up on the Aroostook River towards Washburn."

Life on a Tidal River - Early Railroads in Bangor - Page 1 of 2

"… line transported laths, shingles, clapboards, and lumber in addition to passengers. Trains ran three times daily and the fare was 37 cents one-way."

Acadian Archives

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

"… turned out large quantities of long and short lumber. The hardwood flooring in Chase Memorial Hall was sawed in this mill."

Farmington: Franklin County's Shiretown - Railroad into the Village

"The best of lumber was used in their construction, and no part of the work has been slighted. A large number of citizens witnessed the departure of…"