Maine Memory Network

Historic Hallowell - Day 8

"Unfortunately schools, businesses, transportation systems, and the government were disrupted by the ice storm."

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

"… The Kennebec provided more that just a mode of transportation to the men working for the Hallowell Steam and Boom Company, The river was literally…"

Highlighting Historical Hampden - Early Settlement

"… good source of food, power for mills, and ease of transportation and shipping. An accomplished builder, Benjamin Wheeler is known to be the first…"

Thomaston: The Town that Went to Sea - Early Wharves and Yards - 1795 to 1825

"… and barges in Warren, north of Thomaston, for transport and trade. As lumber supplies there were depleted, several individuals relocated their…"

Thomaston: The Town that Went to Sea - Henry Knox: Shipping

"… made frequent use of ships owned by others to transport goods, most notably the Betsy, Edward Kelleran, master, and the schooner Fairtrader…"

John Martin: Expert Observer - Scrapbook 1: 1885-1899, Katahdin Iron Works, Silver Lake Hotel

"… site, problems with the high sulfur content ore, transportation, and other issues persisted. By 1890, the charcoal iron process was passé."

Historic Clothing Collection - Mid to Late Nineteenth Century

"Improved water and rail transport speeded and increased distribution of raw materials, finished goods—and fashion news—to remote or newly settled…"

Architecture & Landscape database - Frederick A. Tompson

"His father John A. Tompson was a trucker who transported goods and produce in the city. Frederick Tompson graduated from Portland High School in 1876…"

Beyond Borders - Mapping Maine and the Northeast Boundary - The Shaping of the Borderlands: Arcane Deeds and Failed Colonies - Page 1 of 5

"… attempt to actually make good on his grant by transporting settlers was an immediate and complete failure."

Maine's Swedish Colony, July 23, 1870 - The Colony Continues to Grow, 1874 - 1900

"… The railroads would not only offer a means of transporting potatoes and goods from the factories, but the passenger rail system would provide a…"

Highlighting Historical Hampden - Buttons

"All the cloth was then transported to the Crosby Paper Mill in Hampden, Maine. A new man- a rag picker- then ripped all the buttons and buckles off…"

Thomaston: The Town that Went to Sea - Early History - 1719 to 1740

"Sloops transported several Scotch-Irish settlers and their cattle to populate the area, and they were housed in thirty log cabins constructed between…"

Thomaston: The Town that Went to Sea - Atticus: A Fugitive Slave

"… where he was soon rushed onto a ship and transported back to Savannah, Georgia. About 50 years after the incident, it is rumored that Atticus…"

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

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

Guilford, Maine - Early Manufacturing - Page 1 of 3

"… Historical Society Lumbering required transportation of the saw logs to the mill and the river was one of the main highways, the railroad being…"

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

"… Ponds, sending the wood down the streams for transport to the saw mill.   1950s video of logging on the Chain Lakes from the collection of Roger…"

Lincoln, Maine - W.A. Brown: Jack of all trades

"… more people moving in, and has allowed better transportation in the north. Works Cited Lincoln Historical Society, ed."

Mercy Hospital - Founding of Mercy

"… Ladies Auxiliary also had a special committee for transportation, providing means for patients to travel to and from their homes to the hospital."

Beyond Borders - Mapping Maine and the Northeast Boundary - Pejepscot Proprietors Biographies - Page 1 of 2

"He was responsible for the upkeep of the Wells-Brunswick road and helped transport soldiers to the Brunswick fort."

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

"The train delivering mail got the mail to and from places quicker than foot or other terms of transportation."

Farmington: Franklin County's Shiretown - Brief History

"… Society The rivers provided an excellent form of transportation for these original inhabitants. The Sandy River is “commodious for canoeing."

Skowhegan Community History - A Brief History of the Skowhegan Area

"… the American Revolution, the cutting, sawing and transporting of enormous amounts of both pine and spruce boards began."

Cumberland & North Yarmouth - Our Shared History - Page 3 of 4

"… Yarmouth Historical Society Linking the Towns: Transportation and Roads One of the most important ways our communities were connected was through…"

Western Maine Foothills Region - Peru

"As transportation improved, allowing the town to transport students to school, the number of schools decreased to three in 1896, then again to one, a…"