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Blue Hill, Maine - Educating Blue Hill

"… Class in front of Blue Hill Academy, Blue Hill, 1893Blue Hill Public Library Blue Hill Academy Ever since the 1790s, residents of Blue Hill…"

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Maine Granite Industry Historical Society

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Blue Hill, Maine - Discover the Story of Blue Hill - Page 3 of 4

"Blue Hill Inn construction, Blue Hill, 1892Blue Hill Historical Society The Summer Colony. The so-called rusticators came to Blue Hill's summer…"

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

"Chase Granite Quarry, East Blue Hill, ca. 1895Blue Hill Historical Society The Granite Industry. Running east along the northern edge of Blue Hill…"

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Blue Hill, Maine - Shipbuilding: An Important Early Industry

"Some of these included granite mined in East Blue Hill, lumber, ice from local ponds that was shipped in sawdust to keep from melting, and fish."

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Blue Hill, Maine - Long Island: The Forgotten Community - Page 3 of 3

"1890Jonathan Fisher Memorial, Inc. However, the largest industry on the island was granite quarrying--reportedly 150 workers were employed at a mine…"

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Historic Hallowell - Nature's Bounty - Raw Material, Close at Hand

"… quarries on Lithgow Hill (known today as Granite Hill) to the Cutting Sheds was a challenge."

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Historic Hallowell - In the Beginning - Raw Materials - Quarrying

"… finest public monuments were cut from Hallowell granite and sculpted by her artisans Hallowell viewed from Chelsea, Hallowell Chelsea Bridge…"

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Swan's Island: Six miles east of ordinary - Baird's Quarry history

"Finally, the granite was loaded onto barges to be shipped to New York and Boston. Sometimes the barges were towed away from the wharf by a pulley and…"

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

"With its resources of timber, granite, water power, fishing and hunting, Swan’s Island made an attractive settlement site for families and traveling…"

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Historic Hallowell - Our Journey Home

"… Home Written by Gerry Mahoney Powder House Hill, Hallowell, 1938Hubbard Free Library The history of Hallowell is one that is linked to the…"

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Historic Hallowell - Hallowell History Bibliography

"Legends and Otherwise of Hallowell and Loudon Hill. Augusta, ME: Charles E. Nash & Son, 1923. "Seaport on the Kennebec" Page 12 Taylor, Alan."

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Historic Hallowell - Joppa

"… Street between the business section and Loudon Hill is a part of the city known as Joppy or Joppa."

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Historic Hallowell - Hallowell Waterfront - Page 1 of 2

"The captains of the ships were middle class, and they lived higher on the hill. Joppa ran from Temple St. to the Vaughan Stream."

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Historic Hallowell - Johnny Stringer ~ A Character of Industry

"… Stringer lived in a little house up on Academy Hill where he earned his living by making and rebottoming chairs, and manufacturing clothespins for…"

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Historic Hallowell - Ice Harvesting on Cascade Pond

"All the kids would hook their sleds to the wagons and get a free ride up the hill. Then we would unhitch and slide back down."

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Historic Hallowell - Maine Industrial School for Girls

"… Girls Industrial School for Girls, Winthrop Hill, Hallowell, ca. 1919Hubbard Free Library The purpose of the school was thusly defined…"

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Historic Hallowell - Prisons and Firearms

"It was known as Limestone Hill. The Legislative Branch built it and owned it too. On September 15, 1924, a fire started in the broom shop, spreading…"

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Historic Hallowell - Ice Harvesting on Cascade Pond ~ A Family Affair

"All the kids would hook their sleds to the wagons and get a free ride up the hill. Then we would unhitch and slide back down."

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Hamlin Memorial Library and Museum

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Historic Hallowell - Industry at the Mouth of the Vaughan Stream

"JHallowell residents, Jude Rice and Dr. Hill, supplied the money to build the automobile. George McClench, Frank McClench, and Charles L."

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Porter Memorial Library

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Mount Desert Island: Shaped by Nature - Civil War

"… flight of men avoiding the draft, and the emigration of young people in search of new opportunities in the west. The Granite and Ice Industries"

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Western Maine Foothills Region - Ridlonville

"… and high winds caused considerable damage on Granite street. As Maine developed in the 40's and 50's Ridlonville lost many businesses to Rumford."