Maine Memory Network

Mount Desert Island: Shaped by Nature - Early Years on Mt. Desert Island

"Sawmills, woolen mills and grist mills were built near the sound and other areas on MDI. Shipbuilding was also one of MDI’s early businesses."

Historic Hallowell - Industry on the Bombahook Citations

"Mike Norton. 11 Apr. 2011. Rivard, Paul E. Maine Sawmills: a History. [augusta, me.]: Maine State Museum, 1990. Print. "Sawdust Making 101." 25 Apr."

Thomaston: The Town that Went to Sea - Shipbuilding Declines - 1857 to 1861

"… shops, ships’ chandlers, block makers and sawmills lined the south side of Water Street, while the north side was lined with houses of shipworkers…"

Biddeford History & Heritage Project - V. A Cascade of Booms & Busts (1790-1865) - Page 1 of 3

"1840McArthur Public Library The first sawmill was built around 1853, and before the coming of Samuel Batchelder and the cotton mills, lumber was…"

Mount Desert Island: Shaped by Nature - …then came the settlers…

"They built sawmills to make boards, staves, and shingles needed for boats, dwellings, barns, fences, and barrels."

Biddeford History & Heritage Project - IV. Engulfed by nationalism: Revolutionary Biddeford

"Before 1800 there were 17 sawmills around the falls, cutting an estimated 50,000 feet of boards every day."

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

"… have been available in quantity from the numerous sawmills in the area. Schooner and tug at Quarry Wharf, Saco River, ca."

Guilford, Maine - Early Manufacturing - Page 3 of 3

"… and in 1956, purchased the Draper Mill, a modern sawmill designed to manufacture bobbins for use in the textile industry as noted in the textile…"

Blue Hill, Maine - Shipbuilding: An Important Early Industry

"Sawmill at Mill Stream, Blue Hill, ca. 1910Blue Hill Historical Society The shipyards were mostly located around the inner harbor, at Conary Cove…"

New Portland: Bridging the Past to the Future - New Portland: Bridging the Past to the Future

"There were sawmills, the first built in 1803, salt factories, shoe factories, carding mills, blacksmith shops, and ice houses."

Bath's Historic Downtown - Lincoln Block

"He originally worked at a sawmill in Topsham, eventually owning it. He next set up a partnership with his brother-in-law, Dr."

Acadia National Park

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Early Maine Photography - Famous People - Page 2 of 3

"Starting work in a Topsham sawmill, he rose to become the largest ship owner in Maine and a successful merchant."

Life on a Tidal River - Bangor: Lumber Capital of the World

"By 1830, there were 300 sawmills along the Penobscot and the Kenduskeag. Penobscot River lumber raft at Bangor, ca."

Blue Hill, Maine - Discover the Story of Blue Hill - Page 2 of 4

"Water powered sawmills were built on streams at the head of the harbor and Peters Cove. At the original settlement in Blue Hill Falls, mills were…"

Guilford, Maine - Early Manufacturing - Page 2 of 3

"… River in Guilford was erected, and another sawmill built alongside it on the north side of the river by Robert Herring Jr. and S&J Morgan."

New Portland: Bridging the Past to the Future - East New Portland Village

"… as “The Mill District.” It has been the site of a sawmill, gristmill, electric-power plant, novelty wood turning mill, and an axe factory."

Scarborough: They Called It Owascoag - People Who Called Scarborough Home - Page 2 of 4

"After working first as an apprentice at a sawmill in Saco, William joined his sister Elizabeth and her husband Dr."

Scarborough: They Called It Owascoag - Maritime Tales: Shipyards and Shipwrecks - Page 1 of 2

"… of trees, particularly the huge pines, many sawmills, a protected port and local sea captains needing ships for fishing and trade presented a…"

Highlighting Historical Hampden - John Crosby

"The gristmill and the sawmill that Benjamin Wheeler built on the Souadabscook Stream were taken over by Crosby after Wheeler’s death."

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

"Shipbuilding, farming, fisheries and sawmills offered opportunities. The Nineteenth Century Seavey's Stage Coach and Four, Scarborough, ca."

Cumberland & North Yarmouth - Representative Industries of Cumberland and North Yarmouth

"Wilson's MillPrince Memorial Library Mills Sawmills in existence in 1904 were operated by Hollis Mountford, Lorenzo H. Wilson and Oren S."

Swan's Island: Six miles east of ordinary - II. Pinkies, wherries, skiffs and chebaccos: Early Settlement

"He built a sawmill, a gristmill, a store, and an elaborate mansion for his own residence. According to local history, Swan's close friend General…"

Skowhegan Community History - A Brief History of the Skowhegan Area

"… Peter Heywood, established a gristmill and a sawmill on the Skowhegan Island. Soon after this, a fulling and carding mill was constructed to…"