Maine Memory Network

Bath's Historic Downtown - Columbian Block

"Galen Moses and friends, Bath, ca. 1890Patten Free Library Some of the key people that were associated with the Columbian Block at 168 through 194…"

Bath's Historic Downtown - Lincoln Block

"It became known as the Lincoln Block in 1895, when the Lincoln Bank absorbed the Sagadahock Bank. The Lincoln Block building was designed by…"

Bath's Historic Downtown - Bath Savings Institution and Hyde Block

"He designed Hyde Block. Francis Fassett also built the Sagadohoc County Courthouse. Henry Swanton was the president of Bath Savings for many years."

Bath's Historic Downtown - The Sagadahock House and The Sagadahoc Block

"The granite wall, (part of the Granite Block) was there, although it was endangering the fire fighters below."

Mount Desert Island: Shaped by Nature - The Granite and Ice Industries

"The Granite and Ice Industries Granite Quarry Crew at Work, Mount Desert Island, ca. 1890 Men at work in Hall Quarry."

Bath's Historic Downtown - History Overview

"… period, including the Granite Block, the Union Block, the Bank Block and the Church Block, the latter having replaced the Universalist Church razed…"

Bath's Historic Downtown - Old Town Hall and Grant Building

"The Grant building is brick with a front of granite and limestone in the art deco style. There were 473 Grant stores nationwide."

Bath's Historic Downtown - The Sagadahoc County Courthouse

"In 1987, an addition made out of cement blocks with a blue belt was built on the back of the courthouse."

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

"Moving Granite, Outer Winthrop Street, Hallowell, ca. 1890Hubbard Free Library The wagon-like carriers were called "galamanders," and were usually…"

Historic Hallowell - Early Industry and Bombahook

"Blacksmiths were are the heart of the granite industry where sharp chisels were an absolute necessity. Wire Mill on Vaughan Brook."

Bath's Historic Downtown - The Customs House

"The original building was completely made of granite. The 1912 addition was also granite from the same quarry at Mussel Ridge Islands in Penobscot…"

Bath's Historic Downtown - Davenport Memorial and City Hall

"… structure made of limestone and bricks with a granite foundation. There are columns at its entrance to define the curved front; above these columns…"

Swan's Island: Six miles east of ordinary - Quarrying

"1900Swan's Island Historical Society Granite quarrying was a successful industry on Swan’s Island from the 1890s to the late 1920s when the…"

Historic Hallowell - Ice Cutting

"Ice was either a ten cents block or a twenty cents block. You would have to cut it to fit the ice box and then carry it up to the house."

Historic Hallowell - Post Office and Fire Station

"Q Were many roads open? A No, many roads were blocked by fallen trees. Q Was it hard to get to mail boxes? A Yes it was there were ice and branches…"

Historic Hallowell - The City of Hallowell

"… officers were dealing with downed power lines, blocking them off and removing them if they were deemed unsafe."

Historic Hallowell - Ice Cutting and Ice Houses on the Bombahook

"Men would guide blocks of ice towards the conveyor belt that lifted the ice into the ice houses for shipping later."

Historic Hallowell - Ice Cutting and Ice Houses on the Bombahook

"Men would guide blocks of ice towards the conveyor belt that lifted the ice into the ice houses for shipping later."

Historic Hallowell - Ice Harvesting on Cascade Pond

"… showing how much ice they wanted; a ten cent block or a twenty cent block. You would have to cut it to fit the ice box and then carry it up to the…"

Historic Hallowell - Industrial Recources

"The Nog was a small piece or a block of wood, and the Oker was used to mark red chalk on wood. The Racing Knife marked or shaped a cut of an object."

Historic Hallowell - Henry Pope Clearwater Ph.D.~ Patient Medicine Mass Marketer

"His business at one point occupied an entire city block, employed 100 production workers, and 20 hand-copiers who addressed envelopes off-site."

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

"… showing how much ice they wanted; a ten cent block or a twenty cent block. You would have to cut it to fit the ice box and then carry it up to the…"

Historic Hallowell - Ice Storm Day 1

"The White Mountains were covered by heavy ice, blocking 850 miles of trails and roads. All that ice from the storm destroyed power lines, which…"

Historic Hallowell - Ice Storm Interviews - Page 2 of 2

"… A: It was pretty incredible that roads were blocked off with trees that had fallen over. And we had a couple of trees in our yard that we couldn’t…"