Maine Memory Network

Biddeford History & Heritage Project - The Civil War/Reconstruction Era as Experienced in Biddeford & Saco - Page 3 of 17

"Ice harvesting began to expand as the demand for chilled food and drinks grew. Ice was the primary way of preserving food until freon refrigeration…"

Biddeford History & Heritage Project - The Civil War/Reconstruction Era as Experienced in Biddeford & Saco - Page 2 of 17

"Biddeford and Saco were well known for ice harvesting, granite cutting, and cotton textile manufacturing."

Bath's Historic Downtown - History Overview

"Ebb and Flow: Downtown from the Civil War to 1900 The end of the Civil War was a time of significant change in Bath and the nation."

Biddeford History & Heritage Project - VI. The deluge of industrial expansion & immigration (1865-1900) - Page 1 of 2

"During the 1870s the ice trade was very active. Huge ice-storage houses were built along the river, and the harvest was stored packed in hay as well…"

Bath's Historic Downtown - Lincoln Block

"They stored the ice in big barns with hay and sawdust. The hay and sawdust preserved the ice for long periods of time."

Historic Hallowell - Day 5

"That wraps up day five. Written by Luke Armentrout and Mason Peaslee Ice Storm, Dr. Hubbard Office Museum, Hallowell, 1998Hubbard Free Library…"

Biddeford History & Heritage Project - The Civil War/Reconstruction Era as Experienced in Biddeford & Saco - Page 7 of 17

"Like ice, this industry was international and products shipped all the way to India and Sri Lanka. The Laconia Mills were one of the earliest…"

Historic Hallowell - Hallowell Floods

"The bridge was destroyed because of the ice flow of the river that was to high and had become jammed under the bridge."

Biddeford History & Heritage Project - The Civil War/Reconstruction Era as Experienced in Biddeford & Saco - Page 9 of 17

"… to Biddeford and Saco to work in textile mills, ice harvesting manufactures, lumber mills, and granite quarries."

Life on a Tidal River - The Great Bangor Floods: 1902 and 1976

"Along with ice, logs flowed down the river and created a dam, causing the water to back up. When the water overflowed onto the banks, the Great…"

Western Maine Foothills Region - Mt. Zircon Reservoir - Page 2 of 3

"The three gates to maintain water flow were located inside. Special considerations of the impact of winter’s ice on the gatehouse were addressed in…"

Bath's Historic Downtown - The Patten Free Library

"… and rendered unrepairable when it fell into the ice pond in the park. It was soon replaced with the Spirit of the Sea."

Bath's Historic Downtown - Columbian Block

"Clary Ice Cream and Candy Store. This was known as the “sweetest place in town” according to a 1907 newspaper article."

Western Maine Foothills Region - Building Boom and Piers above the Falls

"… slanted side faced the current to deflect the ice flow. The piers were the anchors for the booms. The booms were tree-length spruce logs, chained…"

Strong, a Mussul Unsquit village - The Bridge That Changed The Map

"… changed when bridges are built which alter the flow of traffic. However, it is not often that building a bridge changes the area and boundaries of…"

Presque Isle: The Star City - Native Americans

"Lawrence estuary creating a radially flowing, independent ice cap over northern Maine. Radiocarbon dates from basal sediments of Mansell Pond…"

Lincoln, Maine - That Pioneer Spirit

"… proved inadequate to carry off the torrential flow, the highway base began to crumble under the pressure… Mattanawcook Stream, within a few…"