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Lincoln, Maine - Mills & Paper Industry - Page 1 of 2

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Historic Hallowell - Sweat on the Kennebec ~ Hallowell Steam and Boom Company

"Sweat on the Kennebec ~ Hallowell Steam and Boom Company Hallowell Steam and Boom Company, Hallowell, ca. 1895Courtesy of Sumner A."

Historic Hallowell - History of The Cotton Mill

"The Cotton Mill was powered by steam engines. The steam engines were installed by Messrs, Freeman, and McClench."

Western Maine Foothills Region - For The Love Of Paper - Page 2 of 4

"A survey of the steam power to drive the steam engines of each paper machine, dry the paper, cook the pulp, and heat the buildings found a need for a…"

Western Maine Foothills Region - For The Love Of Paper - Page 4 of 4

"This steam could be used for producing electricity and, as a byproduct, could be sold for use in the paper plant."

Surry by the Bay - Sawmills of Cunningham Ridge

"It was a small steam powered mill with a round rotary saw. The carriage, which moved the lumber along the saw, was short and referred to by locals as…"

Biddeford History & Heritage Project - V. A Cascade of Booms & Busts (1790-1865) - Page 2 of 3

"… full of firsts for Biddeford: the opening of the steam railroad (only 5 hours to Boston!), the first "block" built, the first bank, the first fire…"

Surry by the Bay - Nineteenth Century

"But the mills that once run buzzing saws/Have now gone to decay/And the business men who built them/Have long since passed away."

Historic Hallowell - Early Industry and Bombahook

"The woodworking shop milled lumber and produced cut lumber and moldings for carpenters and cabinetmakers, and also produced wood-block patterns for…"

Historic Hallowell - Industry at the Mouth of the Vaughan Stream

"A steam engine worked as a heat engine that performed mechanical work using steam as the working fluid."

Swan's Island: Six miles east of ordinary - Kids at the quarry

"… left in the granite to boilers that generated the steam power for the quarry tools. The kids even got to get their hands dirty as they excavated…"

Historic Hallowell - Logging

"The Steam and Boom Company collected all the logs and put them through a saw mill. The saw mill would make the logs in different shapes and sizes, so…"

Historic Hallowell - Hallowell Iron Foundry

"Orders are always on time and steam and gas fittings are always in stock. At one time, the Hallowell Iron Works employed 30 experienced men."

Historic Hallowell - Industry and Immigrants-A Changing Community

"Soon, reliable transportation attracted other industries such as oilcloth factories, iron works, shoe factories, a sandpaper mill and The Heart Cure…"

Historic Hallowell - The Vaughan Stream & Sawmills

"The mill was powered by steam which turned a shaft while a conveyer belt took the trees up to the sawmill."

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

"… huge derricks, and boiler houses to run the steam drills sprang up on the hill. Quarry rails from the quarry dock to the quarry, Swan's…"

Swan's Island: Six miles east of ordinary - Quarrying

"Boats under sail (in the 1890s) or steam boats, soon thereafter, would come into Burnt Coat Harbor and collect brick sized cut stone."

Maine's Swedish Colony, July 23, 1870 - Industry

"The next year, the new steam log hauler made its first trip to the woods. At the peak of Stockholm’s industrial development it was estimated that 330…"

Swan's Island: Six miles east of ordinary - III. Boom, bustle, bust: The Steamboat Years to WWII

"Swan’s Island’s final steam boat, the North Haven, was commandeered for war service in 1941. Over sixty years of steam service, two captains and…"

Historic Hallowell - Nature's Bounty - Raw Material, Close at Hand

"… Free Library Before derrick cranes and steam winches large pieces were extracted by means of "rising wedges," levers, block and tackle and wood…"

Patten Lumbermen's Museum

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Thomaston: The Town that Went to Sea - Shipbuilding Industry Expands - 1850 to 1857

"Steam mills and blockmakers were located at both ends of Water Street, and there were lumber mills to provide for both ship planking and house…"

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…"

Highlighting Historical Hampden - Summer Street

"… cars running back and forth to Bangor, and steam-powered vessels departing regularly from the wharf on the Penobscot to Boston."