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Historic Hallowell - Solid Foundations - Hallowell Granite

"Maternity, Hallowell Granite Works, ca. 1895Hubbard Free Library What made Hallowell granite desirable?  It was light and fine grained, with a high…"

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Historic Hallowell - Cyclone Work Cited

"… Cyclone Work Cited “An Early Morning Cyclone.” The Hallowell Register, 4 Jan. 1896"

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Historic Hallowell - Our Work and Our Team

"This is the beginning of that exhibit. The work will never be completed. We keep discovering the old and creating the new! 2011 Historic Hallowell…"

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Historic Hallowell - Hallowell Schools

"Working in factories was a very popular occupation in the 1800’s. At one point, 306,000 people (which was about 40 percent of the working population…"

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Historic Hallowell - Hallowell Floods

"Hallowell Floods Hallowell Flood 1870Hubbard Free Library Hallowell Flood 1896Hubbard Free Library The Hall-Dale 7th Grade, of…"

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Historic Hallowell - Transportation Challenge

"The Hallowell Granite works had two large schooners named the Jeremiah T. Smith and the Edward H. Smith. The Jeremiah T."

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Historic Hallowell - Hallowell Iron Foundry

"The Hallowell Iron works was located on the South End of Water Street. It is very rare that a family became so involved in public affairs like the…"

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Historic Hallowell - Portrait of the Proprietor

"Bodwell House, Hallowell, ca. 1900Hubbard Free Library Bodwell purchased a Greek Revival house in 1866 and selected a rather grandiose version of…"

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Historic Hallowell - The City of Hallowell

"… City HallHubbard Free Library Ice storm' Hallowell House, Hallowell, 1998Hubbard Free Library During the Ice Storm of 1998, Hallowell city…"

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Historic Hallowell - Carvers and Quarrymen

"He is buried in Hallowell. Granite Workers, Hallowell Granite Works, Hallowell, ca. 1880Hubbard Free Library"

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Historic Hallowell - Historic Hallowell Resources and Links

"… Hallowell, Maine http://newenglandtowns.org/maine/hallowell Historic Maps Hallowell, Kennebec Co., Maine (sheet 1, index) by Sanborn-Perris Map…"

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Historic Hallowell - Natural Resource to Finished Product

"1895Hubbard Free Library A site between Winthrop Street and Central Street became home to Hallowell Granite Works."

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Historic Hallowell - Energy

"Energy Stickney & Page Dam, Cascade, Hallowell, 1871Hubbard Free Library Industrial Revolution - Hallowell Energy In the Mid/Late 1800’s In…"

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Historic Hallowell - Hallowell History From a 7th Grade Perspective

"Student researchers worked hard to contribute pages to the Historic Hallowell website. They dug into primary and secondary sources to create the…"

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Historic Hallowell - Kennebec Wire Company

"The Wire Mill Dam, Vaughan Woods, Hallowell, ca. 1910Courtesy of Sumner A. Webber, Sr., an individual partner"

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Historic Hallowell - Child Labor

"The mill employed young children and had to meet Hallowell School Board standards at its mill-run school."

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Historic Hallowell - Communication

"Communication Hallowell Cotton Mill, Academy Street, ca. 1885Hubbard Free Library According to Sumner Webber, local historian, “People in the…"

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Historic Hallowell - Logging

"Hallowell Steam & Boom Company, Kenebec River, Hallowell, ca. 1890Hubbard Free Library The first lombard log hauler was located in Eustis, Maine in…"

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Historic Hallowell - One of Many Monuments

"The work was begun shortly after Hallowell Granite Co. was organized in 1866. Faith, National Monument to the Forefathers, Hallowell…"

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Historic Hallowell - The Boston Flint Company

"For many years, the Sandpaper Mill was one of Hallowell's important industries. Working in the sandpaper mill was very dangerous."

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Historic Hallowell - Train Wreck Of 1937

"Train Wreck, Hallowell, 1937Hubbard Free Library Train Wreck, Hallowell, 1937Hubbard Free Library They restored the library up so it looks…"

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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…"

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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."

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Historic Hallowell - Industrial Recources

"… Tool KitDavistown Museum Early shipbuilding in Hallowell was quite different from modern shipbuilding today because of the tools used."