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Historical Items

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Item 23072

Boom chain, Ambajejus, ca. 1950

Contributed by: Ambajejus Boom House Museum Date: circa 1950 Location: Ambajejus Media: Steel

Item 33560

Log Jam at the Penobscot Boom, Bangor, ca. 1885

Contributed by: Bangor Public Library Date: circa 1885 Location: Bangor Media: Stereograph

Item 35509

Log drive, Sheridan, ca. 1903

Contributed by: D'Anne Baillargeon through Mark & Emily Turner Memorial Library Date: circa 1903 Location: Ashland Media: Glass Negative

Online Exhibits

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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.

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Moosehead Steamboats

After the canoe, steamboats became the favored method of transportation on Moosehead Lake. They revolutionized movement of logs and helped promote tourism in the region.

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Princeton: Woods and Water Built This Town

Princeton benefited from its location on a river -- the St. Croix -- that was useful for transportation of people and lumber and for powering mills as well as on its proximity to forests.

Site Pages

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Historic Hallowell - Logging

"The Steam and Boom Company was where all the logs got delivered and collected and also contained floating logs timbered from nearby forests."

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Ambajejus Boom House

View collections, facts, and contact information for this Contributing Partner.

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Skowhegan Community History - Kennebec River Log Drive

"Booms were large logs attached together by a chain. The booms circled the logs, not letting them escape."