Maine Memory Network

Kennebec River, Skowhegan, 1918

Contributed by: L.C. Bates Museum / Good Will-Hinckley Homes Date: 1918 Location: Skowhegan Media: Photographic print

Kennebec River, South Gardiner, ca. 1883

Contributed by: Maine Historical Society Date: circa 1883 Location: South Gardiner Media: Ink on paper

Student Exhibit: Logging on Kennebec River

I became interested in the Kennebec River log drive when my grandfather would tell me stories. He remembers watching the logs flow down the river from his home in Fairfield, a small town along the Kennebec River.

Walter Wyman and River Power

Walter Wyman's vision to capture the power of Maine's rivers to produce electricity led to the formation of Central Maine Power Co. and to a struggle within the state over what should happen to the power produced by the state's natural resources.

Historic Hallowell - Kennebec Wire Company

Kennebec Wire Company Wire Mill, Hallowell, ca. 1880Hubbard Free Library Out of the many industries along the Bombahook and Vaughan Stream…

Historic Hallowell - Commerce on the Kennebec

… Free Library Hallowell’s Commerce on the Kennebec includes treacherous logging on the Kennebec, shipbuilding in Hallowell, very famous Hallowell…

A first encounter with Bath and its wonderful history
by John Decker

Visiting the Maine Maritime Museum as part of a conference