Maine Memory Network

Lincoln, Maine - Mills & Paper Industry - Page 2 of 2

"The Company operates a fully integrated pulp and paper facility with three tissue machines and two paper machines in Lincoln, Maine.”"

Thomaston: The Town that Went to Sea - Prison Industries

"The Bolduc Correctional Facility on Route 97 is still an active farm industry for inmates. Prison Corner, Thomaston, ca."

Eastern Maine Medical Center

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Biddeford History & Heritage Project - The Civil War/Reconstruction Era as Experienced in Biddeford & Saco - Page 5 of 17

"… came to be one of the largest cotton milling facilities in the country. Even when cotton manufacturing became scarce, they worked on army tents…"

Scarborough: They Called It Owascoag - A Look Inside the Classroom Over Time - Page 2 of 4

"… in the schools is automated and overseen by the facilities director for the school department. Luckily, students are no longer required to play a…"

Scarborough: They Called It Owascoag - Transportation Through the Years - Page 3 of 4

"It is now the site of Scarborough Industrial Park. In 1929 Curtis Wright Corporation built a nearby log cabin intended as a barracks for a summer…"

Western Maine Foothills Region - For The Love Of Paper - Page 1 of 4

"… was working on the design of the manufacturing facilities and the layout of the residential town. In 1890, the master dream of Hugh J."

Western Maine Foothills Region - For The Love Of Paper - Page 4 of 4

"Boise Cascade had thoroughly studied the Rumford facility prior to the purchase. Immediate studies were initiated to determine the best means to…"

Scarborough: They Called It Owascoag - Catch of the Day: Clamming and Lobstering - Page 2 of 4

"… clams from diggers, but they developed a cottage industry. Residents were hired to cut clams and paid by the gallon of meat produced."

Scarborough: They Called It Owascoag - Catch of the Day: Clamming and Lobstering - Page 3 of 4

"Lobster fishing was essentially a local industry until the introduction of the lobster “smack” in the early 1800s."

Scarborough: They Called It Owascoag - Historical Overview - Page 3 of 4

"The site is now home to the Scarborough Industrial Park. A second airport, the Port-of-Maine Airport, opened after World War II at a site off…"

Scarborough: They Called It Owascoag - Transportation Through the Years - Page 1 of 4

"… also brought tourists to Scarborough and a new industry that created jobs for residents. For a short period of time, Scarborough was part of the…"

Scarborough: They Called It Owascoag - Historical Overview - Page 2 of 4

"… jobs to Scarborough, but also spawned the tourism industry. By the 1870s, sixty-five trains a day transported passengers and freight in and out of…"

Farmington: Franklin County's Shiretown - Early Settlers

"… spent some of her early years in an educational facility in Brunswick. She was, at one time, a preceptress of Farmington Academy."

Western Maine Foothills Region - Regional and Town History

"… largest tourmaline A Olympic class Nordic ski facility The only town in America named Dixfield The birthplace of Edmund Muskie Those crazy Coke and…"

Strong, a Mussul Unsquit village - Groups, Clubs & Organizations - Page 2 of 3

"… by the GAR in establishing and improving veterans facilities. The organization spent much of its time soliciting funds for monuments and memorials…"

Farmington: Franklin County's Shiretown - Agriculture

"… was considered to have excellent shipping facilities via the rail road. W.W. Small, now the home of Uno Mas Restaurant, was a store and mill."

Strong, a Mussul Unsquit village - About Us - Page 2 of 3

"… narratives and artifacts from the wood products industry, history of town schools, groups and organizations, and the story of the bridge."

Surry by the Bay - Late Twentieth Century

"… the town continued to invest in programs and facilities to benefit their citizens, including the athletic field and trail built on the Osgood lot…"

Strong, a Mussul Unsquit village - "Fly Rod" Crosby - Page 3 of 3

"… was a woman engaged in the outdoor and tourism industries at a time when it was overwhelmingly dominated by men."

Strong, a Mussul Unsquit village - Strong's History - Page 2 of 4

"With a decline of industry and jobs, the population supports only a handful of these organizations today."

Strong, a Mussul Unsquit village - Strong's History - Page 1 of 4

"Around 1880, the town experienced an industrial boom. A boot and shoe factory, a brick mill, a sawmill and a clothespin factory opened, and other…"

Strong, a Mussul Unsquit village - Groups, Clubs & Organizations - Page 1 of 3

"… the effects of a declining population and lost industry. Strong Historical Society Responsibilities increased with each elevation on the Grange…"

Strong, a Mussul Unsquit village - "Fly Rod" Crosby - Page 2 of 3

"… the introduction of the automobile and trucking industry, ridership began to decline. In 1936 the railroad disbanded, ripped up the tracks, sold…"