Maine Memory Network

Blue Hill, Maine - Discover the Story of Blue Hill - Page 2 of 4

"At the Chase quarry it was cut out of ledges at the top of the hill and transported on cable cars down a track to a massive stone wharf where it was…"

Historic Hallowell - Ice Storm Day 1

"People wanted to cut or saw off damaged branches to try and save trees or to use for firewood to keep warm, but arborists advised them to leave the…"

Skowhegan Community History - Early Settlement in Skowhegan

"It took them three weeks to go 20 miles. The land they claimed included islands along the Kennebec river. This land was already cleared out by the…"

Thomaston: The Town that Went to Sea - Henry Knox: Lime Works

"It is my anxious desire to have cut and hauled out of the swamp at least 2000 cords. It is also my desire that as much limerock should be gotten and…"

Bath's Historic Downtown - Lincoln Block

"… went out on the river ice in the winter and cut blocks of ice with large snows. They stored the ice in big barns with hay and sawdust."

Thomaston: The Town that Went to Sea - Raymond Wallace

"… made me go and redo all of them so I learned to cut glass. WIFE- we were only allowed to have a certain number of shoes."

Scarborough: They Called It Owascoag - Catch of the Day: Clamming and Lobstering - Page 4 of 4

"All egg-bearing females and those with a V-notch cut in a tail flipper must be released. Cutting a V-notch is meant to keep the females in the…"

Scarborough: They Called It Owascoag - Maritime Tales: Shipyards and Shipwrecks - Page 1 of 2

"In time, the rush of flowing water finished cutting a channel wide enough and deep enough to accommodate larger ships."

Thomaston: The Town that Went to Sea - Shipbuilding Industry Expands - 1850 to 1857

"Sails were cut and sewn at the sail lofts of Washburn & Sons and William Campbell. Shipyard owners and builders, Robinson, McCallum and Counce, sold…"

Scarborough: They Called It Owascoag - Catch of the Day: Clamming and Lobstering - Page 1 of 4

"Clams were shucked (meat cut from the shell), salted, and barreled in fish houses on the flats of Blue Point."

Historic Hallowell - Ice Storm Interviews - Page 2 of 2

"And so until we got a chain saw and cut up those trees we couldn’t go anywhere. It was just totally blocked, and another neighbor’s tree fell across…"

Thomaston: The Town that Went to Sea - Emerson Letter

"… to leave a wagon or a gun, they either burnt or cut the wheels to pieces and threw the ammunition into a mudpuddle."

Life on a Tidal River - Bangor: Lumber Capital of the World

"First the trees had to be cut, then taken to the river. From there, the river drivers guided the logs to Bangor and boom operators sorted the logs."

Peary-MacMillan Arctic Museum and Arctic Studies Center

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Bath's Historic Downtown - Merchants' Row

"… that his jewels had extremely accurate cuts, and the watches he sold would be precise. Merchants' Row was very important to Bath's economic…"

Scarborough: They Called It Owascoag - Roads: From Footpaths to Super Highway

"Certain signs cut on trees marked paths from one home to another; and if marks were cut just right, the traveler could find his way after dark."

Lubec, Maine - McCurdy Herring Smokehouse - Page 4 of 4

"To the left are “shooks,” the pre-cut bottoms, ends, sides and lids for boxes, as they came from a local “box mill.” On the bench is a jig with box…"

Life on a Tidal River - Three Civil War Letters - Page 2 of 4

"is South Carolina. I cut it from the coat of that Col. Bretton of the 6th S.C. Vols. Whom I captured at the Battle of Fair oaks."

Lincoln, Maine - Weatherbee Hardware

"… to build houses from hand and they would have to cut the wood by hand. Weatherbee Hardware helped with supplies to build houses for people."

Maine's Swedish Colony, July 23, 1870 - The Coming of the Swedes, 1870-73

"… 51 settlers had roughed out seven miles of road; cut 180 acres of forest (of which 100 acres were burned off and readied for planting); and built…"

Historic Hallowell - Logging

"… years because there are newer and safer ways to cut down and transform trees into logs and logs into boards."

Lubec, Maine - Canning Sardines in Lubec: Technology, the Syndicate and Labor

"The tops and bottom were cut out of the plain plate and shaped. There was rimming and bending to be done, soldering of the ends of the sides…"

Lincoln, Maine - Jacob Stinchfield

"Stinchfield moved to Michigan to scout out and cut down the timber there, which he did until his death in 1873."

Lincoln, Maine - That Pioneer Spirit

"… and crop damage and that the rail line had been cut: Lincoln Flood, 1947 from July 1, 1947 edition of Bangor Daily News X Following three…"