Keywords: Keg
Item 85610
Oriental Powder Mills gunpowder keg, Gorham and Windham, ca. 1860
Contributed by: Windham Historical Society Date: circa 1860 Location: Windham; Gorham Media: Wood
Item 85611
Original label on wooden gunpowder keg, ca. 1860
Contributed by: Windham Historical Society Date: circa 1860 Location: Windham Media: Paper, wood
Exhibit
The gunpowder mills at Gambo Falls in Windham and Gorham produced about a quarter of the gunpowder used by Union forces during the Civil War. The complex contained as many as 50 buildings.
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Father John Bapst: Catholicism's Defender and Promoter
Father John Bapst, a Jesuit, knew little of America or Maine when he arrived in Old Town in 1853 from Switzerland. He built churches and defended Roman Catholics against Know-Nothing activists, who tarred and feathered the priest in Ellsworth in 1854.
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Scarborough: They Called It Owascoag - Roads: From Footpaths to Super Highway
"… the Vinegar Road, a name that originated from the kegs of vinegar that Libby transported over the road from his farm to market.(7) The “new” County…"
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Rum, Riot, and Reform - A Call to Temperance
"… their horse, the passengers simply smashed the keg of rum, which they saw as the root cause. X Principal Causes of Spontaneous Combustion…"
