Maine Memory Network

Historic Hallowell - The 1998 Ice Storm - Reflections in Poems

"… to get to the many poems written by the Hall-Dale Middle School students. Ice Storm, Wingate Lathe, Hallowell, 1998Hubbard Free Library"

Maine's Swedish Colony, July 23, 1870 - Mills and Homes in Stockholm

"… two lumber mills, cedar mill, shingle mill, and a lath mill (lath are thin strips of wood used as a foundation for layering plaster on the walls of…"

Guilford, Maine - MANUFACTURING - Page 1 of 2

"… like sharp knives, they went into wood-turning lathes. After all of that was done they sanded the wood in a drum with other wood until the pieces…"

Historic Hallowell - Ice Storm Interviews - Page 2 of 2

"We shared a generator with Wingate Lathe Oil and they came up. We shared it with one more family. The folks from Wingate would bring the generator up…"

Life on a Tidal River - Early Railroads in Bangor - Page 1 of 2

"The line transported laths, shingles, clapboards, and lumber in addition to passengers. Trains ran three times daily and the fare was 37 cents…"

Presque Isle: The Star City - Arthur R. Gould

"Shingles, clapboards, and laths were shipped to the Boston market while boards and 2’ X 4’s were sold locally."