Maine Memory Network

Surry by the Bay - Nineteenth Century

"… and two wharves, where, for a time, loads of coal and pulp wood waited for the freighters to arrive."

Swan's Island: Six miles east of ordinary - III. Boom, bustle, bust: The Steamboat Years to WWII

"The nation turned to coal, iron, and oil. Maine’s decreased role in the national trend toward industrial growth would later become an attraction when…"

Swan's Island: Six miles east of ordinary - II. Pinkies, wherries, skiffs and chebaccos: Early Settlement

"… into Burnt Cote, and later Burnt Coat and Burnt Coal. Colonel James Swan purchased “Burnt Coat Island” in 1786, three years after the district of…"

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

"… Company, which could burn oil, wood bio-mass, coal, chipped rubber, auto tires, and natural gas as fuel to produce steam at 1250 psi."

Presque Isle: The Star City - Aroostook Valley Railroad

"He felt that coal would be too expensive and thought an electric railroad was the way to go. He approached the group that controlled the Aroostook…"

Pejepscot Historical Society

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Lubec, Maine - Lubec History

"Incoming cargo included coal and flour from Boston, as well as sugar, molasses, rum, guano, coffee, fruit and spices from the West Indies."

Presque Isle: The Star City - Arthur R. Gould

"He felt that coal would be too expensive and thought an electric railroad was the way to go. He approached the group that controlled the Aroostook…"

Life on a Tidal River - Four Famous Bangorians

"He was even in the silver and coal mining business in Maine. In 1880, Curtis was in the farming business near Gothenburg, Nebraska."

Farmington: Franklin County's Shiretown - Education

"Heating buildings was difficult as coal was nearly impossible obtain and wood was scarce. At this same time, teachers’ salaries were low; a person…"

Bath's Historic Downtown - History Overview

"… steady market for wooden schooners in the ice and coal trade. Indeed, the building of schooners carried Bath through the nationwide depression and…"

Eastern Maine Medical Center

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Mantor Library, University of Maine Farmington

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