Maine Memory Network

Thomaston: The Town that Went to Sea - Prison Fires - 1849 to 1924

"… started in a broom shop and quickly spread to the harness shop, paint shop and woodshop. The facility was completely destroyed."

Thomaston: The Town that Went to Sea - Prison Industries

"This led to the production of harnesses and tack for horses. Prison Brooms to the Train Depot, Thomaston, 1915Thomaston Historical Society A…"

Islesboro--An Island in Penobscot Bay - Summer Resorts

"… who ran their own businesses, including shoe and harness repair. Summer residents began to buy their own property and built family homes…"

Presque Isle: The Star City - Northern Maine Fair Memories - Page 1 of 3

"Dorothy got involved with harness racing because her husband John enjoyed watching the races. Her son, Jimmy one of her five children, started racing…"

Presque Isle: The Star City - Arthur R. Gould

"He spent the last $780 of his savings to buy a harness shop only to then discover there was a $2,500 mortgage on the business."

Presque Isle: The Star City - Braden Theater

"… was named after John R Braden, a famous local harness horse owned by the Mooseleuk Club. There was a line of more than two hundred people who…"

Presque Isle: The Star City - John R Braden

"… in 1950 paying tribute to the beloved local harness horse for which this theatre was named. Presque Isle Historical Society John R Braden was…"

Historic Hallowell - Early Industry and Bombahook

"… including a sandpaper factory and wire mill that harnessed the power of water and gravity so critical to America's development."

Early Maine Photography - Landscape Photography - Page 3 of 3

"… this ambrotype are the one story shop shared by harness and saddle maker J. B. Tuttle and boot and show maker G."

Lubec, Maine - Lubec History

"… County town of Lubec.” Lubec’s 20-foot tides were harnessed to power plaster and grist mills. The Gazetteer of Maine, 1882 reported: “The tide…"