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Historic Hallowell - Natural Resource to Finished Product

"Workers produced building stones, paving stones and statuary and monuments. The paving stones, 6x8 inches, sold for 20 cents apiece and were shipped…"

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Historic Hallowell - Nature's Bounty - Raw Material, Close at Hand

"Cornice stones for Boston's Quincy Market, for example, were produced beginning in 1815. Largest Granite Slab cut from Hains Ledge Quarry…"

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Historic Hallowell - The Vaughan Stream & Sawmills

"… to be sold to anyone who needing to build houses, sheds, and porches, etc. The mill was powered by steam which turned a shaft while a conveyer belt…"

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

"Carrying stone over water was sometimes perilous: stone sloops sank more readily than the timber schooners in bad weather."

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Lubec, Maine - The Lighthouse at West Quoddy Head

"Steam powered the 19th Century, and eventually fog signals at lighthouses. That shed first housed a hot-air horn, then in 1868 a steam whistle…"

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Otisfield Historical Society

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Bangor Public Library

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

"is cited as a typical operation. Blanchard Apple Shed X Apples Apples continue to be an important piece of the agricultural heritage of…"

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Eastern Maine Medical Center

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