Maine Memory Network

Historic Hallowell - Industrial Recources

"Horsing iron, and jerry iron worked together on this, the horsing iron has caulk away deck seams while the Jerry Iron had to extract old seems from…"

Lubec, Maine - McCurdy Herring Smokehouse - Page 4 of 4

"Hall described one as “an oblong wooden frame having four legs, the sides extending far enough beyond the end to serve as handles.” (P. 456)."

Farmington: Franklin County's Shiretown - Lowell's General Store, Commerce, & the Railroad

"The wooden egg cases were kept cool, awaiting shipment to Boston markets. Whole herds of cattle and flocks of sheep were bought by Hervey Lowell…"

Thomaston: The Town that Went to Sea - Prison Industries

"This led to the production of harnesses and tack for horses. Prison Brooms to the Train Depot, Thomaston, 1915Thomaston Historical Society A…"

Lincoln, Maine - Thomas S. Libby

"A wheelwright is a person that repairs broken wooden wheels. The wooden wheels were primarily for carriages or wagons."

Historic Hallowell - The Tiger and the Lion

"The wheels were made of wooden discs which where bound with half inch iron tires. In the center was a pump with one cylinder."

Historic Hallowell - Ice Cutting

"The process had a ramp, and they would use wooden boards to give the ice blocks a direction into the stacks."

Western Maine Foothills Region - Mexico - Page 1 of 3

"… house, a hen house with cupola, and elaborate wooden fencing in an effort to create a picturesque retreat."

Blue Hill, Maine - Discover the Story of Blue Hill - Page 2 of 4

"Between 1792 and 1891, 133 wooden ocean-going sailing vessels were built in Blue Hill. Captain John W. Kane, Blue Hill, ca."

Lubec, Maine - McCurdy Herring Smokehouse - Page 3 of 4

"… Herring: 1990 and 1896 Sluicing the herring into wooden tanks. Frank Van Riper, photo X The words of a careful investigator, Ansley Hall, tell…"

Life on a Tidal River - Bass Park: A History of Fillies, Fame, and Fun

"It was a huge wooden structure that could hold up to 5,000 people. This first auditorium in Bangor came about because of a conversation that William…"

Guilford, Maine - Historic Buildings - Page 1 of 2

"… building shown to the left, in 1916, replaced the wooden structure, and was the location of the French & Elliott Company, the Masonic Hall and the…"

Scarborough: They Called It Owascoag - A Look Inside the Classroom Over Time - Page 2 of 4

"In the early 1800s many schools used wooden canes if a child misbehaved. Soon after in the 1850's the leather strap and hickory switch were…"

Bath's Historic Downtown - The Sagadahock House and The Sagadahoc Block

"The fire, leaping the street, caught on the wooden building across Front Street. Gas tanks exploded and walls fell every couple of minutes, causing…"

Otisfield Historical Society

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Islesboro--An Island in Penobscot Bay - Early Settlements

"At one time he owned more wooden sailing vessels than anyone in the United States. There are several stories about how the settlement of Guinea…"

Mount Desert Island: Shaped by Nature - Economic History of Main Street, Northeast Harbor - Page 1 of 3

"In 1904, wooden sidewalks were constructed on Main Street. They were designed to allow shop owners to add hitching rails for their patrons’ horses if…"

Blue Hill, Maine - In Search of the Rustic Life

"Hiking was popular and many used handcrafted wooden canes when hiking. Some popular places to hike were Blue Hill Mountain and the Blue Hill Falls…"

Blue Hill, Maine - Educating Blue Hill

"For thirty years this wooden building was in operation, but in 1832 it was sold for $90 and moved to a different location to be used as a store…"

Western Maine Foothills Region - Peru

"Since 1930 all sorts of small wooden objects were made there: round clothespins and toothpicks at first, then safety matches, ice cream spoons that…"

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

"He invented a wooden coat hanger that was very different than other hangers at the time. He also was very involved in the town’s music activities…"

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

"In regard to the bridge, it is stretching out its wooden legs and arms toward its eastern terminus with a rapidity which neither injunctions nor any…"

Lubec, Maine - Lubec History

"… grew -- sawmills that provided the shooks for wooden cases that held the cans ready for shipment; transporters; boat builders; suppliers of…"

Presque Isle: The Star City - Arthur R. Gould

"… the seed money and encouragement to replace the wooden bridge originally built across the Presque Isle Stream on State Street by Presque Isle…"