Maine Memory Network

Bath's Historic Downtown - The Customs House

"… at that time for its fire-proof construction with iron beams inside the stone walls. The original building was completely made of granite."

Historic Hallowell - Industrial Recources

"Horsing iron, and jerry iron worked together on this, the horsing iron has caulk away deck seams while the Jerry Iron had to extract old seems from…"

Presque Isle: The Star City - The History of Laundry, Aroostook County Style - Page 2 of 2

"To iron the freshly dried clothes, Sadie took the iron and set it on the stove to heat up. Then she placed the clothing on a pantry board, or table…"

Bath's Historic Downtown - Columbian Block

"… the Patten Free library, was a director of Bath Iron Work's board, and was even the president of the First National Bank of Bath."

Bath's Historic Downtown - History Overview

"… of Federal Street, an area now covered by Bath Iron Works (BIW), north of Russell Street. In the early 1780s, the second wharf in town was built at…"

Bath's Historic Downtown - 94 Front Street

"He created the Bath Iron Foundry on the west side of Front Street, directly across from Broad Street."

Historic Hallowell - Industrial Technology

"… communication in Hallowell, the Hallowell Iron Foundry, and transportation in Hallowell were all important parts of Hallowell’s history."

Swan's Island: Six miles east of ordinary - Kids at the quarry

"… for signs of the once-busy industry, from iron spikes left in the granite to boilers that generated the steam power for the quarry tools."

Historic Hallowell - Early Industry and Bombahook

"The iron works produced iron parts and fittings for farmers as well as shipwrights and cast the first steam engine used in the Cotton Mill factory."

Historic Hallowell - Industry and Immigrants-A Changing Community

"… other industries such as oilcloth factories, iron works, shoe factories, a sandpaper mill and The Heart Cure Co., a large mail order…"

Historic Hallowell - Ship Parts

"… machine.) Anchors were commonly made of stone or iron and took up to a year to craft. Each boat had about three or four anchors on board in case…"

Historic Hallowell - Cascade Hand Tub

"… high wooden wheels with a half-inch strip of iron around them and a fifty foot leather hose. It had no way of taking water from a source (for…"

Thomaston: The Town that Went to Sea - Prison is built - 1823 to 1824

"… at night, the two-foot openings covered with iron grates. A wooden roof with sliding doors was erected above the top of the cells, creating an open…"

Dover-Foxcroft Historical Society

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Strong, a Mussul Unsquit village - The Bridge That Changed The Map

"Flat iron straps wrapped around the cables every 30” secured the upper ends of ½” iron suspension rods attached at the lower end to 8” thick cedar…"

Presque Isle: The Star City - John R Braden

"Other nicknames included “The Little Iron Horse” and the “Cock of the North”. John R Braden competed in his first race in Presque Isle on July 4…"

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

"All they needed was a train to transport them. Ironically they had made a small railroad that connected to other states and it even ran through…"

Historic Hallowell - History of The Cotton Mill

"McClench had worked at Eagle Iron Works in Hallowell. In 1886, the building and company were handed over to Samuel R. Payson of Boston."

Historic Hallowell - The Tiger and the Lion

"… of wooden discs which where bound with half inch iron tires. In the center was a pump with one cylinder. The body was five and a half feet long."

Biddeford History & Heritage Project - V. A Cascade of Booms & Busts (1790-1865) - Page 2 of 3

"… 1825 the Saco Manufacturing Company and the Saco Iron Works opened on Cutts Island in Saco; the precursor to the industrialization which would be…"

Early Maine Photography - Landscape Photography - Page 2 of 3

"… this handsome four story brick building with cast iron fronts and window caps was constructed in 1852 from designs by the local architect Thomas J."

Portland Press Herald Glass Negative Collection - Crime & Disaster - Page 1 of 2

"… his fist then struck her over the head with the iron pipe,". Mitchell’s trial drew massive crowds to the Cumberland County Courthouse and was front…"

John Martin: Expert Observer - Dancing Fraternity, City of Bangor, 1868

"Dancing Fraternity, City of Bangor, 1868 John Martin: "Terpsichorian of the Old School" John Martin, Bangor, ca."

John Martin: Expert Observer - Part 1, pages 000-26

"Part 1, pages 000-26 Martin begin his Scrap & Sketch Book with information about the Bangor House and Franklin House, and his theme throughout much…"