Maine Memory Network

Thomaston: The Town that Went to Sea - Henry Knox: Lime Works

"1890 Remains of lime kilns in the same area that Henry Knox was operating his limeworks one hundred years earlier.Thomaston Historical Society Mr."

Thomaston: The Town that Went to Sea - Henry Knox: Shipping

"… and the sloop Quick Lime (named so because of his lime-burning interests), built in 1805 by H. Rogers and weighing 93 tons."

Historic Clothing Collection - 1960-1970 - Page 2 of 3

"… from leather but lined in synthetic fabric, and a lime green V neck sleeveless dress with a vest-like six button, double breasted bodice attached…"

Thomaston: The Town that Went to Sea - Henry Knox

"… was involved in several local projects – logging, lime burning, canals, ship building and brick making all over what was then Lincoln County."

Thomaston: The Town that Went to Sea - Early History - 1719 to 1740

"The lime industry soon became a staple of the economy, which continues to this day in the form of Dragon Cement."

Western Maine Foothills Region - For The Love Of Paper - Page 3 of 4

"It was to house a new lime kiln, 275 feet in length. This, again, was to save chemicals from the process."

Lubec, Maine - The Lighthouse at West Quoddy Head

"… the hastily built tower soon leaking badly, its lime mortar soft and unsafe. The romanticized image here, derived from an 1837 Maine geology study…"

Islesboro--An Island in Penobscot Bay - Historical Overview

"The Precambrian rocks of 700 Acre, Lime and Lasell Islands are some of the oldest in Maine, dating back over 600 million years."