Maine Memory Network

Historic Hallowell - Industrial Recources

"… typically used for chopping wood with usually a steel blade attached at a right angle to a wooden handle."

Historic Hallowell - “Maine’s Century” Ends

"… as the granite industry gave way to concrete and steel. Last Coal Barge, Hallowell, ca. 1939Hubbard Free Library In 1939, the last coal…"

Western Maine Foothills Region - For The Love Of Paper - Page 3 of 4

"… major supply lines and many miles of stainless steel pipe, was installed to deliver the purest of waters to all departments."

Farmington: Franklin County's Shiretown - Agriculture

"… order any new parts due to the scarcity of steel and in order to have everything in readiness to raise “a maximum food crop.” This must have been a…"

Historic Hallowell - Uniforms and Expenses

"The jacket had one or two rows of hard, steel buttons often having decorations imprinted or engraved on to them."

Western Maine Foothills Region - Rumford - Page 3 of 4

"… Island was flooded; the Morse bridge, the steel Rumford Falls Bridge, the Rangeley Lakes Railroad bridge, and the Ridlonville bridge were washed…"

Farmington: Franklin County's Shiretown - Education

"With steel in short supply, none was used in the construction, and over the years the building has needed extensive repair because of the lack of…"

Lubec, Maine - Parade, Pins and Pageantry, 1911

"… Or the least expensive, this stamped lithographed steel button with the safety pin on the rear, like those still manufactured a century later."

Lubec, Maine - Building the Roosevelt Bridge to Campobello - Page 1 of 3

"The bridge remains, a working ribbon of steel and concrete intimately tying two communities in two nations into a single working relationship."

Historic Clothing Collection - Mid to Late Nineteenth Century

"… wire to make sewing machine needles, and spring steel wire for hoop skirts and bustle supports. Improved water and rail transport speeded and…"

Guilford, Maine - The Next Fifty Years 1916-1966

"… In the early 1950’s the construction for a new steel and concrete bridge was underway after being interrupted once again by another flood."

Cumberland & North Yarmouth - Population Decline in Maine's Coastal Counties

"… industry A shift in shipbuilding from wood to steel put Maine at a major disadvantage in an industry where the state previously had considerable…"

Guilford, Maine - MANUFACTURING - Page 2 of 2

"The address is 9 Oak Street. Flood and Steel Bridge, Guilford, 1936Guilford Historical Society In 1979, Saulter joined the company as president."

Lincoln, Maine - Railroads

"Train tracks are now made of steel or other metals. Presently, automobiles have replaced trains for most transportation purposes."

Guilford, Maine - EVENTS - Page 2 of 3

"Flood and Steel Bridge, Guilford, 1936Guilford Historical Society The biggest flood recorded in Guilford since 1936 was the 1987 flood."

Guilford, Maine - BUSINESSES - Page 3 of 3

"It was made out of steel tracks, timber ties, railroad spikes, and railroad ties. The railroad was used for both passenger and freight trains."

Historic Clothing Collection - 1850-1870 - Page 3 of 4

"The cage crinoline made of flexible steel appeared about 1856. As a result, women could walk unencumbered by the layers of heavy petticoats, with…"

Architecture & Landscape database - Eaton W. Tarbell

"… by single stories, flat roofs, and glass and steel construction. Tarbell was an outspoken critic of the traditional brick Georgian Revival style…"

Presque Isle: The Star City - Aroostook Valley Railroad

"Although the steel has been removed, the concrete piers are still visible today from Riverside Drive between State and Main Streets."

Caribou Public Library

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Skowhegan Community History - A Brief History of the Skowhegan Area

"… were manufactured including those made from steel and iron including cider mills, axes, scythes, and other tools."

Eastern Maine Medical Center

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