Maine Memory Network

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

"… a new saw and grist mill and increased the water power by improving the dam. There was a carding mill operated by Mr."

Surry by the Bay - Nineteenth Century

"… hills and steams/The streams that furnished water power/Before days we knew of steam. But the mills that once run buzzing saws/Have now gone to…"

Swan's Island: Six miles east of ordinary - II. Pinkies, wherries, skiffs and chebaccos: Early Settlement

"With its resources of timber, granite, water power, fishing and hunting, Swan’s Island made an attractive settlement site for families and traveling…"

Western Maine Foothills Region - For The Love Of Paper - Page 1 of 4

"… dug and dams being built to harness the water power. The waters were diverted to canals to service the paper making facilities along the canal…"

Lubec, Maine - Timeline

"Operated by tidal power; later by steam 1850 • Census – population 3,000 • Three post offices – Lubec, W. Lubec, N."

Islesboro--An Island in Penobscot Bay - Early Settlements

"… was also a small coal wharf, a store and a tidal-powered grist mill on the creek. Coal was a very necessary commodity for heating, once most of the…"

Skowhegan Community History - A Brief History of the Skowhegan Area

"… station formerly owned by Central Maine Power. One natural resource that has always been, and remains today a major economic force is wood."

Farmington: Franklin County's Shiretown - Agriculture

"… the Sandy River, a source of water, travel and power lured settlers to the region on the heels of the Revolutionary War."

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

"… plant, equipping it with a new water wheel to power the mill. Lester Henderson was influential in business and town government."

Lubec, Maine - Building the Roosevelt Bridge to Campobello - Page 1 of 3

"But the dory, following, lost power. The Callahan boat operator slacked off the engine and a worker threw a rope, which became entangled in the…"

Pejepscot Historical Society

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Colby College Special Collections

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Eastern Maine Medical Center

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

"… identified as such when the syndicate was powerful at the beginning of the century. So far, there is just this one from the Canning Co.’s later…"

Presque Isle: The Star City - History of Presque Isle

"… a sewer system, an electric lighting system powered by a plant with two Edison dynamos, a bank, churches of several denominations, various…"

Life on a Tidal River - Narrative

"… call when Congress declared war on the Central Powers in April 1917. Like the Spanish American war of 1898, Bangor citizens came to the aid of…"

Farmington: Franklin County's Shiretown - Education

"… of a number of mills and a dam to provide water power for those mills; there were equally as many mills and homes surrounding the dam on both the…"

Mantor Library, University of Maine Farmington

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