Keywords: Harvesting Machine
Item 9855
McCormack Threshing Machine, 1926
Contributed by: Ste. Agathe Historical Society Date: 1926 Location: Saint Agatha Media: Metal
Item 11691
Contributed by: Southern Aroostook Agricultural Museum Date: 1911 Media: Photographic print
Exhibit
Student Exhibit: Ice Harvesting
Ice Harvesting was a big industry on the Kennebec River. Several million tons of ice could be harvested in a few weeks. In 1886 the Kennebec River topped the million ton on ice production.
Exhibit
Silk Manufacturing in Westbrook
Cultivation of silkworms and manufacture of silk thread was touted as a new agricultural boon for Maine in the early 19th century. However, only small-scale silk production followed. In 1874, the Haskell Silk Co. of Westbrook changed that, importing raw silk, and producing silk machine twist threat, then fabrics, until its demise in 1930.
Site Page
Presque Isle: The Star City - Potato Harvest Memories - Page 2 of 5
"The “digger man” was the person who drove the machine that would dig up the potatoes. The potato truck had full and empty barrels on the back of it."
Site Page
Historic Hallowell - Ice Cutting and Ice Houses on the Bombahook
"Ice harvesting, Cascade Pond, Hallowell, ca. 1930Hubbard Free Library When they cut the blocks of ice, people stored it until summer."
