Maine Memory Network

Thomaston: The Town that Went to Sea - Notable Residents

"… various shops, a sailmaking loft, a boot and shoe factory, a clothing factory and today serves as the showroom for the Maine State Prison. <- Prev."

Historic Hallowell - Cotton Mill & Johnson Shoe Citations

"Vanderweide, Harry. “Old shoe factory will be converted to elderly housing.” Kennebec Journal 31 Aug. 1978: N. pag. Webber, Sumner."

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

"… the Story of Blue Hill Clam Packing Factory and Steamboat Wharf, South Blue Hill, ca. 1900Blue Hill Historical Society A Tight-Knit…"

Swan's Island: Six miles east of ordinary - Salmon industry

"Fish factory worker, Marion Stinson, Swan's Island, ca. 1990Swan's Island Historical Society The business employed seven or eight islanders full…"

Western Maine Foothills Region - Continental Paper Bag Company

"In the spring of 1900, the new Bag Factory at Rumford Falls was started; in December of 1900, the bag machines from the New York plant were shipped…"

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

"A butter factory, Carrabassett Creamery, was organized as a stock company in Nov.1899. The factory was built near the bridge crossing Gilman Stream."

Historic Hallowell - Hallowell's First Dwelling

"… for themselves to the spot where the old cotton factory now stands in Hallowell. No hearth fire burned for their welcome; no door opened at their…"

Historic Hallowell - The Vaughan Stream & Sawmills

"In 1879, the Knickerbocker Ice Company had several ice houses, and the ice was cut from the river in an area about one mile up and shipped to big…"

Skowhegan Community History - The Skowhegan Island

"The factory, originally a spinning mill, is now Solon Woods where they make popsicle sticks and other small wood pieces."

Maine's Swedish Colony, July 23, 1870 - The Colony Continues to Grow, 1874 - 1900

"… three parsonages, seven schools, two starch factories, five shingle mills, 305 houses, 362 barns, and 71 miles of roads."

Maine's Swedish Colony, July 23, 1870 - Industry

"Logs could be floated, and steam-driven factories were set up along the river banks. After 1900, when the first permanent bridge across the stream in…"

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

"The factory was constructed in a U-shape and was laid out so that a truck chassis would enter on one side of the building and progress through…"

Historic Hallowell - Ice Cutting

"The ice industry ended when the river became polluted by factories and serge being dumped in the river. Refrigeration was invented around 1900."

Mount Desert Island: Shaped by Nature - Building Community and Commerce

"Though men did most of the heavy lifting at the factory, unloading the boats and hauling crates, the packers were mostly women and children, valued…"

Lubec, Maine - Lubec History

"Men gathered the herring from weirs, transported them to the factories, cooked the sardines and sealed the cans."

Western Maine Foothills Region - Peru

"A pavilion for movies and dances, a starch factory, doctors’ offices, a rake factory, a hotel, and many other businesses came and went."

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

"… a sawmill, grist mill, salt box factory, starch factory, wagon shop, novelty mill, carding factory, dye house, fulling mill, clover mill, and…"

Historic Hallowell - Our Work and Our Team

"Organizations like the Row House, that works to preserve Hallowell’s architectural and culture resources, the Hallowell Area Board of Trade striving…"

Kings Landing Historical Settlement

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Western Maine Foothills Region - Dixfield - Page 4 of 5

"Stowell and his three spool factories in Dixfield and a half-dozen or more in surrounding towns. Dixfield attracted the best talent in the legal…"

Maine's Swedish Colony, July 23, 1870 - The History of Stockholm

"The company also ran a starch factory from 1904 though 1909. Later it was converted to a Box Company that made cleated plywood boxes for phonograph…"

Skowhegan Community History - Farming in the Skowhegan Area

"… were abandoned as people went to find work in factories in cities across the country. The farmers who did stay in Maine were able to make the best…"

Western Maine Foothills Region - Regional and Town History

"… Rivers all provided water power for mills and factories producing products of every description: lumber, paper, flour, leather, shoes, toothpicks…"

Presque Isle: The Star City - History of Presque Isle

"… bank, churches of several denominations, various factories including a furniture factory, livery stables, hardware stores, blacksmith shops…"