Maine Memory Network

Historic Hallowell - Shipbuilding

"… ship's knee above (a bracket to strengthen deck timbers) is of particular interest because it was found near the site of the City Wharf Shipyard…"

Historic Hallowell - In the Beginning - Raw Materials - Quarrying

"… in Maine the resource first exploited was timber, processed into potash was for export to Britain's soap-making industry."

Historic Hallowell - A Bay State Exodus

"… worsening scarcities of land, hay, fish, lumber, timber and firewood in Southern New England’s old towns." A better life beckoned in the District…"

Historic Hallowell - Solid Foundations - Hallowell Granite

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

Historic Hallowell - The Cyclone of 1895

"The wind propelled 8 inch square cotton mill roof timbers into nearby buildings. The other half happily awaited the end of this horrible storm. Mr."

Historic Hallowell - Shipbuilders, Sailors and Whaling Men

"… to build ships on the Kennebec was a stand of timber, a sloping bank and a little good water. Hallowell-built "Topaz," 1828Hubbard Free…"

Historic Hallowell - Timeline of Cyclone

"Timbers, bricks, gravel, and tarred paper began to fly around his head as Brown ran to the other end of the mill."

Historic Hallowell - Hallowell's First Dwelling

"… fell, these energetic first settlers had hewn timber, procured boards and planks from the mill at Cobbossee, and built a comfortable frame house of…"

Historic Hallowell - Wood Ashes or Gold Dust?

"Once the timber was cut and the house and barn built, was there anything of value left? The economy of early non-native settlers was built on the…"

Historic Hallowell - Industrial Recources

"… was used in attaching the hull planking to frame timbers. It consisted of a sturdy, wooden rod tapered at both ends."

Historic Hallowell - Logging

"… and collected and also contained floating logs timbered from nearby forests. On each log was an identity mark, so the pickers and sorters could…"

Thomaston: The Town that Went to Sea - Shipbuilding Declines - 1857 to 1861

"By then, most timber used for ship construction was imported from southern forests, and a majority of the trade carried on by northern based/built…"

Thomaston: The Town that Went to Sea - Shipbuilding

"Great timbers were transported back to England for use as masts in the King’s ships. Captain George Waymouth arrived in 1605 and left a cross where…"

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

"… mills to provide for both ship planking and house timbers. Ship’s joiners and carpenters had their choice of jobs, and more accomplished finish…"

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

"During the timbering and homesteading years, Col. Swan also made provisions for a mill to be built so that the grain grown by the homesteaders could…"

Presque Isle: The Star City - Working in Maine

"He managed the timber and recreation resources and campsite wildlife for Baxter State Park. He also protected and maintained species supported from…"

Thomaston: The Town that Went to Sea - Early Shipbuilders - 1780s

"Timbers could be laid down on the shores for ships and then easily launched upon completion. The first records of ships being built are in 1787 when…"

Surry by the Bay - Sawmills of Cunningham Ridge

"Sawmill, Surry, ca. 1903Surry Historical Society Hollis E. Saunders (b. 1/18/1847) learned the mill trade working at Henry Dunbar's mill at the foot…"

Swan's Island: Six miles east of ordinary - Islanders at Work

"Initially these settlers came to cut timber for boat building and to cultivate the land for their family’s food. Early fishing schooner, ca."

Mount Desert Island: Shaped by Nature - Beginnings

"There was plenty of timber on the island -- enough, in fact, for them to ship that, too. With the fishery and the trading, men were gone for long…"

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

"Potatoes were down from 45¢ to 15¢ a barrel. Timber was becoming scarce and many mills had to close down."

Presque Isle: The Star City - National Community Christmas Tree - 1959

"… was not simply dropped as a tree being cut for timber would have been. The tree’s branches had to be handled carefully as this tree represented…"

Guilford, Maine - BUSINESSES - Page 3 of 3

"It was made out of steel tracks, timber ties, railroad spikes, and railroad ties. The railroad was used for both passenger and freight trains."

Presque Isle: The Star City - Arthur R. Gould

"Gould purchased 6,500 acres of timbered land on Hobart Hill, about four miles southwest of Presque Isle."