Maine Memory Network

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

"Merrill Bros. label X Canneries A canning factory was established by Merrill Brothers at Cumberland Junction in 1881."

Lubec, Maine - Canning Sardines in Lubec: Technology, the Syndicate and Labor

"Battle-Axe Factory, Lubec, 1900 Lubec Historical Society From the labor perspective, what may be surprising the modern eyes is the number of young…"

Mount Desert Island: Shaped by Nature - Economic History of Main Street, Northeast Harbor - Page 2 of 3

"… the Crobb Box Company operated an ammunition case factory on Neighborhood Road. Main Street in Northeast Harbor, ca."

Farmington: Franklin County's Shiretown - Chester Greenwood

"… years passed, Chester was producing earmuffs in a factory in West Farmington. He continued production of earmuffs until his death in 1937 – nearly…"

Mount Desert Island: Shaped by Nature - Rustication

"Somesville also had the island's first public house. Somes Tavern had been opened in 1831 by Abraham Somes's grandson Daniel."

Lubec, Maine - The Lighthouse at West Quoddy Head

"Dual Steam WhistlesWest Quoddy Head Light Keepers Association By 1887 an enlarged building housed machinery for two whistles."

Rum, Riot, and Reform - Drinking: Elegance and Debauchery

"… ware is attributed to an important New England factory. This glassware would have been very expensive at the time."

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

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

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

"Later a school house was built. John Elliot had built a tavern in 1807, it had a bar and liquor was sold for 3 cents a glass."

Rumford Area Historical Society

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Lubec, Maine - Klondike: Lubec's Gold from Sea Water Hoax

"… conversion of the grist mill to a gold extraction factory. A “machine room” and a “laboratory” were constructed."

Guilford, Maine - Pre-Settlement And The First 100 Years

"… mills, law offices, retail stores, and a woolen factory. The railroad arrived in 1871 creating opportunities for business to expand."

Farmington: Franklin County's Shiretown - Agriculture

"… Challenges Burnham and Morrill Canning Factory at Center Bridge The Sandy River has flooded the Burnham and Morrill canning factory.Farmington…"

Bangor Public Library

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Otisfield Historical Society

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Cumberland & North Yarmouth - Our Shared History - Page 3 of 4

"… and his son Horatio operated a corn canning factory that provided seasonal employment for many local young people."

Life on a Tidal River - Four Famous Bangorians

"… himself invented most of the machines used in the factory. Some of the spruce gums Curtis & Son made were called "American Flag," "Yankee Spruce,"…"

Acadian Archives

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Farmington: Franklin County's Shiretown - Education

"… were low; a person could make as much money in a factory as in a classroom after years of education."

Mantor Library, University of Maine Farmington

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