Maine Memory Network

Strong, a Mussul Unsquit village - Wood Products of Strong

"However, the wood mills turned this small town into a thriving community. Not only did they provide employment for the residents, but workers came…"

Lincoln, Maine - MacGregor's Spool Mill

"In 1871, James C. Emerson built a small sawmill on the site of where the spool mill was to be. The sawmill engaged in sawing lumber for various…"

Lincoln, Maine - Mills & Paper Industry - Page 1 of 2

"… the horse to complete the heavy work in the woods. Around 1920, he came out with a smaller gas powered log hauler."

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

"… clothes pin mill, bowling pin mill, two lumber mills, cedar mill, shingle mill, and a lath mill (lath are thin strips of wood used as a foundation…"

Architecture & Landscape database - John Calvin Stevens

"While Stevens continued to work in the Shingle Style into the twentieth century, the more formal Colonial Revival style came to dominate his work."

Thomaston: The Town that Went to Sea - Henry Knox: Lime Works

"Gleason, attend to the objects of the wood, the rock, the teams, the hay, the wood for home consumption, the care of the buildings, and everything…"

Lubec, Maine - Klondike: Lubec's Gold from Sea Water Hoax

"… two newcomers leased Hiram Comstock’s tidal grist mill located at Mill Creek in North Lubec. According to Reverend Jernegan in the prospectus he…"

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…"

Islesboro--An Island in Penobscot Bay - Early Settlements

"1900Islesboro Historical Society MILL CREEK The small settlement of Mill Creek was located between Dark Harbor Village and Grindle Point where…"

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

"… except that many were involved in harvesting of wood for shipbuilding and heating purposes. Also, early notations in "Vital Records of Islesboro"…"

Western Maine Foothills Region - For The Love Of Paper - Page 2 of 4

"Research and development of new grades were always a part of the Oxford Mill's program. It was these achievements that kept Oxford in the forefront…"

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

"The purchase of the Rumford mill, with an annual capacity of 490,000 tons of coated groundwood and free sheet papers, enabled Mead to expand its…"

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

"The wood processing faculties were old and tired, necessitating the building of a new woodroom in 1966."

Strong, a Mussul Unsquit village - "Fly Rod" Crosby - Page 2 of 3

"The Porter family owned and operated wood turning and matchstick mills, built iconic buildings in the downtown area and served the community in the…"

Strong, a Mussul Unsquit village - Strong's History - Page 1 of 4

"Thomas Hunter built a wood mill in 1813 and a gristmill soon after. William Pottle built the first tannery."

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

"First Two Machines at Oxford Mill, Rumford, ca. 1901Greater Rumford Area Historical Society Production at the new mill began on November 9, 1901…"

Strong, a Mussul Unsquit village - Strong's History - Page 4 of 4

"Geneva Wood Fuels bought the former Forster Manufacturing Inc. mill and invested $13 million to renovate the plant."

Strong, a Mussul Unsquit village - Strong's History - Page 2 of 4

"In January, 1866, the store burned, but a portion was saved by a volunteer bucket brigade from the Mill Stream behind it."

Strong, a Mussul Unsquit village - About Us - Page 2 of 3

"… has uploaded narratives and artifacts from the wood products industry, history of town schools, groups and organizations, and the story of the…"

Surry by the Bay - Sawmills of Cunningham Ridge

"… engine still rests in the woods at the former mill location alongside the old mill wells. Around 1970, Hollis's grandson, Wilbur A."

Lincoln, Maine - Ira Fish

"… was pride because not many small towns had mills, and with a mill the town will get more popularity and we may become a bigger town."

Strong, a Mussul Unsquit village - Soldiers Of The Civil War

"… a boarding house in Lewiston, and he worked in a mill. By 1880 they returned to the area to live in Strong."

Strong, a Mussul Unsquit village - Early Schools

"The cover of Songs from the Woods of Maine, by Julia H. May in 1894, is shown at right, with the poem, The Happy Hills of Strong, from that book."

Lincoln, Maine - Railroads

"It is very annoying! Many times it carries wood and things to and from the mill. The train that goes by my house no longer carries passengers like it…"