Maine Memory Network

Historic Hallowell - Seaport on the Kennebec

"… with shingles, clapboards, hogsheads and barrel staves, white oak capstan bars destined for Boston or Bristol or Jamaica."

Biddeford History & Heritage Project - II. Ripples of change: European exploration & settlement at Winter Harbor - Page 2 of 2

"… were utilized right away, and "pine boards and staves (for barrells) and clapboards" were among the first things made for trading purposes."

Presque Isle: The Star City - Harvesting Potatoes - Page 6 of 13

"The staves are made of cedar. Around 1960, a farmer could purchase a barrel locally for $4. After the barrel is full, the picker would put a ticket…"

Mount Desert Island: Shaped by Nature - …then came the settlers…

"They built sawmills to make boards, staves, and shingles needed for boats, dwellings, barns, fences, and barrels."

Historic Hallowell - Industrial Recources

"The Rain Stave was used together with ring bolts called wrung or rain bolts to force the planks closer to their shape and the ship's frame."

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

"… making regular trips to Boston to transport lime, staves and cordwood, returning with cargoes of flour, bolts of cloth and manufactured goods."

Surry by the Bay - Sawmills of Cunningham Ridge

"Over the years it produced lumber, barrel staves, and fish boxes. Its products were sold locally and loaded on ships for use in other ports."

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

"Mr. O. S. Thomes established his steam saw and grist mill at Cumberland Center around 1884. The stave and shook mill on Cold Water Stream was built…"

Surry by the Bay - Nineteenth Century

"… plus it housed a carding mill, tannery, stave mill, shingle mill, corn and barley gristmills."