Maine Memory Network

Thomaston: The Town that Went to Sea - Early Wharves and Yards - 1795 to 1825

"Early Wharves and Yards - 1795 to 1825 Site of Vose's Wharf, Thomaston, Maine 2009Thomaston Historical Society Philip Hanson arrived from…"

Western Maine Foothills Region - Building Boom and Piers above the Falls

"… that the best plan would be to let a job by the yard to blast away the rock there and put in the piers at the lower end of the dam and the filling…"

Western Maine Foothills Region - For The Love Of Paper - Page 3 of 4

"This addition would require many alterations and additions to processes though out the mill. The greatest change was that process waters had to be…"

Lincoln, Maine - Railroads

"The train fell off the tracks in my yard once when I was little, and it rolled over. My grandfather told me about it."

Lincoln, Maine - That Pioneer Spirit

"… bleached Kraft mill on the site of the current mill; and, in 1958, the mill switched from manufacturing sulphite pulp to Kraft pulp (a more…"

Surry by the Bay - Nineteenth Century

"… plus it housed a carding mill, tannery, stave mill, shingle mill, corn and barley gristmills. At the same time, many East Surry men, along with…"

Biddeford History & Heritage Project - The Civil War/Reconstruction Era as Experienced in Biddeford & Saco - Page 4 of 17

"… a contract for the New York Harlem Bridge and a bridge in Philadelphia to provide 25,000 yards of stone to New York and 600 for Philadelphia."

Farmington: Franklin County's Shiretown - Farmington's Agricultural Pursuits

"… 40-50 cents per yard, flannels 17-25 cents per yard and pressed cloth for 25 cents per yard. (25 cents is the equivalent to approximately $5.13…"

Thomaston: The Town that Went to Sea - Henry Knox: The Funeral

"… Knox estate for the making of a shroud, several yards of black crepe, several yards of black silk, black gowns, black bonnets, black ribbon and…"

Lincoln, Maine - Solomon's Store

"I saved up $5 from babysitting and raking the yard to afford new school clothes this year. I didn’t have a job last summer, so I didn’t get any new…"

Biddeford History & Heritage Project - RESOURCES

"(A) Rumery's Boat Yard: on the Saco River, Biddeford, Maine. Rumery's Boat Yard. Web. 1 Feb. 2010. (S) Salvas-Coulombe Theatre Collection (1885-1991)."

Lincoln, Maine - Gordon's Fox Farms

"… he ran down the stairs and out the door into the yard. The leaves on the trees and ground were orange, yellow and brown."

Farmington: Franklin County's Shiretown - Lowell's General Store, Commerce, & the Railroad

"Farm. Yard with horses, wagons, milk cans-needed) and brought new business to Lowell’s Store. Croswell's Store c."

Thomaston: The Town that Went to Sea - Shipbuilding Industry Expands - 1850 to 1857

"Chapman and Flint laid out a new yard on the Narrows (a narrowing of the river northwest of the Wadsworth Street bridge) near John Paine’s original…"

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

"Mr. L. H. Wilson's mill on the same stream is on the site of an old saw mill which was owned and run by many of the farmers in the neighborhood, each…"

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

"Starbirds Mill X Chase Hewett Mill X Carrabassett Creamery X East New Portland has a site known as “The Mill District.” It has been the…"

Skowhegan Community History - Kennebec River Log Drive

"… someone to help unload at the landing (called a yard man). The team worked hard -- two choppers could cut 6-7,000 feet of logs a day."

Blue Hill, Maine - Discover the Story of Blue Hill - Page 2 of 4

"… her father, as a boy, served up the grog at the yard where her grandfather, Asa Clough, Jr., was ship’s carpenter and master builder."

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

"On June 17, 1912 this mill district burned and a stock company was formed and Mr. C.H. Bartlett soon rebuilt a modern wood turning plant."

Mount Desert Island: Shaped by Nature - Rustication

"… small store, a blacksmith, a shoemaker, a tanning yard, a woolen factory, at least four mills, two shipyards, a schoolhouse, and a church."

Blue Hill, Maine - Shipbuilding: An Important Early Industry

"The Tradition Continues...... Webber's Cove Boat Yard in East Blue Hill, owned and operated by Matt Cousins, 2010."

Islesboro--An Island in Penobscot Bay - Businesses and Cottage Industries

"… representatives, laundries, express service, boat yards, livery stables and blacksmith shops were all present and island-based."

Lubec, Maine - Lubec History

"Flour produced by his grist mill helped provide a more varied diet for area residents. In 1832 a canal connecting Johnson Bay and South Bay was dug…"

Historic Hallowell - Hallowell Floods

"Water was in the streets, yards, and even in home’s. It happened because the ice was backed up under a bridge and the water overflowed."