Maine Memory Network

Cumberland & North Yarmouth - Skyline Farm - Making and Preserving History

"… examples of antique horse-drawn carriages and sleighs since before WWII. By the late 1960s, his collection was overflowing his own as well as…"

Skyline Farm

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Thomaston: The Town that Went to Sea - Prison Industries

"This led to the production of harnesses and tack for horses. Prison Brooms to the Train Depot, Thomaston, 1915Thomaston Historical Society A…"

Scarborough: They Called It Owascoag - Transportation Through the Years - Page 2 of 4

"During the winter months when there was snow, sleigh cars replaced the horse cars. Some time after Portland became electrified in the 1880s, the…"

Historic Hallowell - Shipping

"… used to clear limited areas, and most people used sleighs in the winter.” Around the 1950’s or 60’s, shipping stopped on the Kennebec because of…"

Islesboro--An Island in Penobscot Bay - Early Settlements

"Early settlers arrived by various seacraft (or by sleigh over frozen water) bringing with them all that was necessary to survive."

Islesboro--An Island in Penobscot Bay - Historical Overview

"Carriages, wagons, buckboards, sleighs, and four-runner sleds were driven by one or two horses. Dark Harbor Wharf, Islesboro, 1917Islesboro…"

Cumberland & North Yarmouth - "Main Streets" of North Yarmouth and Cumberland

"… advertised Chase as a "Manufacturer of Carriages, Sleighs and Wheels." Extending from the village center is The Lane, leading to the Loring…"

Eastern Maine Medical Center

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Mantor Library, University of Maine Farmington

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