Maine Memory Network

Mount Desert Island: Shaped by Nature - Building Community and Commerce

"The work was demanding, with no set hours. Workers rushed to the factory whenever the whistle blew. The conditions were dismal."

Lubec, Maine - Lubec History

"Flour produced by his grist mill helped provide a more varied diet for area residents. In 1832 a canal connecting Johnson Bay and South Bay was dug…"

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

"The Bartlett family owned a lot of property and a mill in the North Village. After a fire in 1912, H."

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

"At the original settlement in Blue Hill Falls, mills were powered by the tidal currents alternately flooding and emptying the Salt Pond."

Blue Hill, Maine - Discover the Story of Blue Hill - Page 3 of 4

"She campaigned zealously and successfully to raise funds that resulted in the attractive brick library building on the corner of Main Street and…"

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

"1910 with owner and workers posed is one example. Herring boxes and shooks at McCurdy's, Lubec, 1998Lubec Landmarks Herring boxes: The…"

Historic Hallowell - Ice Harvesting on Cascade Pond ~ A Family Affair

"You would insulate it with sawdust from the mills. That would go on until the ice house was full. Weston's Ox TeamHubbard Free Library…"

Edmund S. Muskie Archives and Special Collections Library

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Life on a Tidal River - Bangor: Lumber Capital of the World

"The workers were the lumberjacks who would work for months clearing acres of heavily forested land to finally send the logs down the Penobscot River…"

Presque Isle: The Star City - History of Presque Isle

"… of land on which he built a grist mill and saw mill, plotted half acre lots and planned streets as the foundation for the settlement of Fairbanks…"

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

"Because of the increase of population, railroad workers felt that Stockholm needed its own railroad."

Life on a Tidal River - Narrative

"City workers took a 12.5 percent pay cut, and Bangor actively sought participation in every federal program to spur employment."

Eastern Maine Medical Center

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