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Historical Items

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Item 78797

Slate Mill operation, Monson, ca. 1920

Contributed by: Monson Historical Society Date: circa 1920 Location: Monson Media: Photographic print

Item 9182

Monson-Maine Slate Company mill

Contributed by: Monson Historical Society Date: circa 1920 Location: Monson Media: Photographic print

Item 78772

Slate Quarry workers in front of mill, Monson, ca. 1890

Contributed by: Monson Historical Society Date: circa 1890 Location: Monson Media: Photographic print

Online Exhibits

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Laboring in Maine

Workers in Maine have labored in factories, on farms, in the woods, on the water, among other locales. Many of Maine's occupations have been determined by the state's climate and geographical features.

Exhibit

CODE RED: Climate, Justice & Natural History Collections

Explore topics around climate change by reuniting collections from one of the nation's earliest natural history museums, the Portland Society of Natural History. The exhibition focuses on how museums collect, and the role of humans in creating changes in society, climate, and biodiversity.

Site Pages

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Biddeford History & Heritage Project - The Civil War/Reconstruction Era as Experienced in Biddeford & Saco - Page 2 of 17

"… and processed fish; mined and cut granite and slate; cut and shipped ice, as well as farmed the state's rocky soils."

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Historic Hallowell - Industry at the Mouth of the Vaughan Stream

"The Stickney & Page Whiting and Slate Mill was founded in 1873.  The business was  powered by water, and when there wasn’t enough water, a steam…"

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Biddeford History & Heritage Project - The Civil War/Reconstruction Era as Experienced in Biddeford & Saco - Page 4 of 17

"Biddeford’s granite and slate cutting was a crucial part of their economy and even helped support the build of the Western Railroad in 1872."