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Historic Hallowell - Early Industry and Bombahook

"In Hallowell, a point jutting into the Kennebec River known as Bombahook was a convenient location. The peninsula, known later as Sheppard's Point…"

Historic Hallowell - Shipbuilding

"Ship's Knee, Kennebec River, Hallowell, ca.1853Hubbard Free Library As reported in the September 24, 2001, Kennebec Journal, Kevin Pomerleau and…"

Historic Hallowell - Hallowell Waterfront - Page 1 of 2

"… were many shipbuilding spots on the shore of Kennebec River in Hallowell. Then in the 1900s, oil was brought to the waterfront in tanks."

Historic Hallowell - Basic Fire Fighting Technology

"Everybody would carry the leather buckets to the Kennebec River, fill them with water, and lug them back up to the burning house to douse the fire."

Historic Hallowell - Hallowell Ship Captains

"… to port during a severe storm at the mouth of the Kennebec River. In 1801, Agry moved with his new wife to Hallowell."

Historic Hallowell - Shipping

"The Kennebec Journal had articles of the ships that came in and out of Hallowell because many people owned a part of the profit."

Historic Hallowell - Solid Foundations - Lasting Legacies

"… of places -- a wilderness area well inland on the Kennebec River. The people who came here to begin a new life determined to make it more than a…"

Historic Hallowell - Ice Cutting and Ice Houses on the Bombahook

"Click here to learn more about ice cutting on the Kennebec. Around 1869 and 1870, the winter weather in Massachusetts and New York was warm, so they…"

Historic Hallowell - The Blizzard - Works Cited

"I wish for those days of the great blizzard Kennebec Journal Central ME: 2002 Chicago Blizzard of 1979. n.d. 10 Feb."

Historic Hallowell - Cotton Mill & Johnson Shoe Citations

"“Hallowell Shoe closes.” Kennebec Journal 13 Feb. 1975: N. pag. Potter, Betty. “Hallowell Shoe Industry Booms.” Kennebec Journal 1930: N. pag."

Historic Hallowell - Ice Cutting and Ice Houses on the Bombahook

"… Ice houses were a big part of the industry on the Kennebec. There were three icehouses in Hallowell located on Summer Street, the Vaughan Stream…"

Historic Hallowell - The Vaughan Stream & Sawmills

"… Free Library Logs would float down the Kennebec River to the steam-powered Milliken Sawmill that operated in the late 1800’s and the early 1900‘s…"

Historic Hallowell - Whaling

"… book, “A Maritime History of Bath, Maine, and the Kennebec River Region” he writes that in 1851, Captain Job Pierce, who was an experienced whale…"

Historic Hallowell - Ice Storm Works Cited Page

"“CMP attacks lines in frigid battle.” Kennebec Journal, 11 Jan. 1998, Storm Edition: Day 3, sec. Front Page. Cheever, Dave."

Historic Hallowell - Police and Fire Citations

"Laberge, Mike. “It’s 200 and counting.” Kennebec Journal 17 Mar. 1990 sam. Online interview. 27 Apr. 2011. snell, katherine H. hisoric hallowell."

Historic Hallowell - In the Beginning - Raw Materials - Quarrying

"Hallowell is no exception. The Kennebec is the thoroughfare. Like most communities in Maine the resource first exploited was timber, processed into…"

Historic Hallowell - Wire, Ice, and Iron Industries

"… in Hallowell’s history were the Fuller Foundry, several ice houses, and the Kennebec Wire Company. Click on the links to find more information."

Historic Hallowell - Dummer House

"Old Hallowell on the Kennebec, Nason, 1909. Nathaniel Dummer held several prominent roles in the civic life of Hallowell."

Historic Hallowell - A Bay State Exodus

"… a boat could get a man from Massachusetts to the Kennebec valley. Each decade after the Revolution saw the population of the area increase by…"

Historic Hallowell - Shipbuilders, Sailors and Whaling Men

"… that all you needed to build ships on the Kennebec was a stand of timber, a sloping bank and a little good water."

Historic Hallowell - Industry on the Bombahook Citations

"Old Hallowell on the Kennebec. Augusta, Maine: Sam Teddy Publishers, 2009 N.p.: n.p., n.d. www.google.com. 23 Apr."

Historic Hallowell - Hallowell's First Dwelling

"… one little child, landed upon the shore of the Kennebec and made a path for themselves to the spot where the old cotton factory now stands in…"

Historic Hallowell - Joppa

"… article titled "Story Linked to Naming of Joppa", Kennebec Journal July 27, 1962. Joppa Looking North, Hallowell, 1870Courtesy of Sumner A."

Historic Hallowell - Important Buildings and Institutions

"… author and composer wrote in Old Hallowell on the Kennebec: A stranger visiting Hallowell, to-day, cannot fail to be impressed by the picturesque…"