Maine Memory Network

Scarborough: They Called It Owascoag - Maritime Tales: Shipyards and Shipwrecks - Page 2 of 2

"… because it could be handled with a smaller crew and could contain more cargo. This vessel had a brief life, for it was wrecked in June 1903 only…"

Skowhegan Community History - Kennebec River Log Drive

"They worked in crews with four or five men. In the crew there were two choppers, some to tend to the sled and horses (called a teamster), and someone…"

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

"There were many crews working in the woods in the winter. In 1902, the Standard Veneer Company (owned by Warren Trafton and Allen Quimby) purchased…"

Historic Hallowell - Lineman's Journal

"As an off duty CMP crew member, I was sitting on the couch eating pretzels with my daughter. It was 3:30 in the afternoon when I got a call from work…"

Cumberland & North Yarmouth - Population Decline in Maine's Coastal Counties

"… the ships built on the Maine coast were owned and crewed by locals. Fishing villages up and down the coast sent men and boats offshore."

Lincoln, Maine - Railroads

"They were operated on the spot by a crew. Train tracks were routinely made of wood. In Lincoln, trains were the primary transport method."

Lincoln, Maine - Lincoln House Hotel

"… had an exciting time at the hotel with the circus crew here. Lincoln House Hotel, Lincoln, 1941Lincoln Historical Society Works Cited…"

Blue Hill, Maine - Shipbuilding: An Important Early Industry

"… Church that was for himself and the crew of the ship. He may have met his future wife, Eliza Ann Dodge, at this service."

Lincoln, Maine - Ira Fish

"In the winter of 1825-26, Ira and his crew put 5,000,000 feet of pine logs in the water. That is enough to run the mill for three to four years."

Western Maine Foothills Region - Leonard Trask, the Wonderful Invalid

"The next winter he went with a crew of men to work at a location twelve miles into the woods from the nearest dwelling."

Skowhegan Community History - A Brief History of the Skowhegan Area

"Logging crews would cut wood in late summer and by winter roads were cleared for the dragging of logs to the river's edge."

Scarborough: They Called It Owascoag - Roads: From Footpaths to Super Highway

"… mile a stake was driven into the ground and a crew following behind set the stone markers. The King’s Highway was renamed the Post Road in 1760.(4)…"

Lubec, Maine - Building the Roosevelt Bridge to Campobello - Page 1 of 3

"The crew wisely halted and prepared to abandon work for the day. The Narrows and bridge construction, Lubec, 1961 Lubec Historical Society…"

Lincoln, Maine - That Pioneer Spirit

"… “numerous and extensive” washouts, Lincoln town crews refused to quit, tracks were repaired within two days, and direct traffic was restored."

Presque Isle: The Star City - Arthur R. Gould

"He worked as a water boy for the construction crew of the European and North American Railroad. Upon the death of his father, Arthur headed west to…"