Maine Memory Network

Swan's Island: Six miles east of ordinary - Summer Pleasures

"Most of Swan's Island shoreline is rocky, but there are a few lovely white sand beaches. Swan's Islanders on their bikes, ca."

Historic Hallowell - The City of Hallowell

"Public Works was spreading sand and salt, clearing trees, and doing whatever they could to make the area safer."

Swan's Island: Six miles east of ordinary - Welcome to Swan's Island!

"… and turns of these island lives, and find out for yourself which stories are 'history' and which live on! Fine Sand beach, Swan's Island X"

Thomaston: The Town that Went to Sea - Architect James Overlock

"Oftentimes, sand was applied with paint to imitate the texture of stone. Both Mount Vernon and Monticello have this feature."

John Martin: Expert Observer - Intro: pages 74-138

"… Hampden House Bar Bowling alleys Jes Crosman Sands Circus & Caravan Carlton Dancing School Hampden Rifle Co."

Historic Hallowell - Industry at the Mouth of the Vaughan Stream

"Boston Flint Paper Company bought out the Sand Paper Mill, Reservoir Dam, Glue Mill, Quartz Mill, Machinery & Oil Mill, and Flint Paper Stock…"

Mount Desert Island: Shaped by Nature - Northeast Harbor: Rustic to Rusticators

"Northeast Harbor, then called Sand Point, was an example of one of these towns. This exhibit looks at the changes made to this village between the…"

Guilford, Maine - MANUFACTURING - Page 1 of 2

"After all of that was done they sanded the wood in a drum with other wood until the pieces were smooth."

Great Cranberry Island Historical Society

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Life on a Tidal River - Three Civil War Letters - Page 3 of 4

"… road--a road of parallel logs packed with sand and laid over a swampy area--was being constructed near White Oaks."

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

"… had to be upgraded to reduce impurities and sand graduals, as these left scratches and lumps on the coated sheet."

Portland Press Herald Glass Negative Collection - Aviation

"The hard-packed sand surface provided a landing strip and runway for the post war craze of flying. It was also an ideal landing spot for long…"

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

"According to Inspector Jim Chandler, sand and stone for the concrete abutment, piers and superstructure on the Canadian end of the bridge came from…"

Mount Desert Island: Shaped by Nature - The Old Ell is Born

"… move was just to the east of the present day Sand Garden feature in the Asticou Azalea Gardens."

Farmington: Franklin County's Shiretown - The Abbott School

"Abbott finished the “mountain” of sand that Jacob had started on the property, built bridges modeled after famous bridges throughout the world, added…"

Scarborough: They Called It Owascoag - Roads: From Footpaths to Super Highway

"… at Higgins Beach horses could run along the hard sand. The highway continued on to the ferry at Ferry Beach; and from the ferry landing at Pine…"