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Maine Wood Guide — Local Wood WORKS

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Century-Old Shingle Mill Restored and Functioning on Pennsylvania

R. D. #1, Box 127-B, Troy, Pennsylvania 16947. On the eve of the millennium, not all good mechanical ideas ate computer driven. As many people focus on the technological wonders–and issues–of Y2K, two Pennsylvania men have delved back into the past and revitalized an 1894 A. B. Ireland shingle mill. One hundred and five years …


Ashland Mill Company, Sheridan, ca. 1897

The Ashland Mill Company on the Aroostook River, Sheridan. ... The saw mill operated two band saws which produced 60,000 to 70,000 board feet of lumber per day. The shingle mill, located below the saw mill, produced 250,000 shingles per day. Sheridan Mountain is in the background. View/Add Comments ... Maine Memory Network is a project of the ...


Maine Sawmills | Green & Healthy Maine HOMES

Local wood may provide small mills a marketing advantage. Two examples in Vermont come to mind, said Dave Redmond, director of wood products initiatives at the Northern Forest Center.He cites Gagnon Lumber in Pittsford, VT, a family-owned sawmill that sources entirely from Vermont forests with an increasing emphasis on wood grown …


Penobscot native opens shingle mill, hopes to spur …

McGraw Millworks started producing shingles this past spring and has kept busy. McGraw predominantly uses cedar, but he is also knocking out pine shingles this …


The Johnson Mill

The Maine Business Directory identifies it as a shingle mill between 1871 and 1875 and after that as a sawmill. In 1870 it produced 40,000 pine shingles from a 20 horsepower water system. Ten years later a circular saw and mulley saw were in operation. In 1920 the bridge in front of the mill was entirely rebuilt by the Town of Waterboro and


History of Poland, Maine, USA

Boyd & White, Concord, N.H. 1839. 1849 - East Poland - The Grand Trunk Railroad was constructed by here in 1849 and a station was erected and was known as Empire Road Station. Poland, a post-township in Cumberland co., Maine, on the W. side of the Androscoggin river, 36 miles S. W. from Augusta. Population, 2660.


Up and down the Kennebec River: Water power and industry …

In the 1860s and 1870s, Kingsbury says, Ira Daggett Sturgis (Nov. 20, 1814 – Dec. 28, 1891)) and associates owned two steam mills and a water mill on the dam's east end, plus timber land, creating "the largest lumbering enterprise ever conducted on the Kennebec river.". (Sturgis, who will reappear in this series, married Rebecca Russell ...


115 Shingle Mill Ln Hanover, MA 02339

Disclaimer: Historical sales information is derived from public records provided by the county offices. Information is not guaranteed and should be independently verified. Sold - 115 Shingle Mill Ln, Hanover, MA - $830,000. View details, map and photos of this single family property with 4 bedrooms and 2 total baths. MLS# 73120752.


Frequently Asked Questions

The quality control that the Dow mill has is the highest in the industry. Each shingle is handled and inspected twice, before manually being put into the bundle. The high quality has kept the Dow family sawing shingles for 5 generations and over 80 years. Made right here in the state of Maine with native timber.


HOW DOES A SHINGLE MILL WORK?

the use of a rotating eccentric and a tapered wedge, first the top. dogs rotate more than the bottom ones, to put the taper in that. shingle, then as the carriage returns, the eccentric is turned 180. degrees and the bottom dogs rotate more than the top ones, thus. adjusting for the taper of the next shingle. This is how the.


Mission and History – Maine Forest and Logging …

A. D. Nutting – Head of the School of Forestry at U Maine 1958 – 1971, Formerly Forest Commissioner State of ME Earl Spaulding ... photos, and documents into the 1900's. A collection of chainsaws, a clapboard mill, …


Maine Sawmills-Filling a Niche for Locally-Sourced Wood

Anyone who buys pine boards or two-by-fours in Maine – even from a big box store – is probably buying wood grown in Maine or nearby. Particle-board sheathing, such as Advantech™ and Zip System™, probably comes from a Huber Engineered Woods mill in Easton, ME. But a lot of wood products sold in Maine come from all over the world.


Leonards Mills: Shingle Mill, 1 of 2 | Passing By Photo

Wooden shingles have long been used in New England due to the abundance of wood and its durability. Ingenuity and mechanical innovations led to commercial production equipment like this Shingle Mill on display at the Maine Forest and Logging Museum. A short length of cedar is fixed into a mechanism that carries the wood …


Contact Information

Dow's Eastern White Cedar Shingles and Shakes 547 Mudgett Road Corinth, Maine 04427 Email: [email protected]. Operating Hours: Mon - Fri, 7:30am - 4:00pm Telephone: (207) 884-8299 Cell: (207) 852 …


Dow's Eastern White Shingles & Shakes | Cedar Shakes

Free Samples and Deliveries Available. To request a free sample just call us at (207) 884-8299 and we will gladly send you samples of our cedar shingles and/or shakes.


Sunapee Historical Society

Daniel Jr's son, Daniel Ackley George (1834-1891), known as "Ack" George, was the last member of the family to operate the mills. Across the dam, in about 1820, clothier David Colcord built a wool carding and dressing mill which was later run as a shingle mill and Stephen Page had a cooper shop which made all sorts of wooden containers.


40 Shingle Mill Rd New Vineyard, ME 04956

Sold - 40 Shingle Mill Rd, New Vineyard, ME - $92,500. View details, map and photos of this single family property with 1 bedrooms and 1 total baths. ... Vineyard--This modern, private, log-sided cabin rests perfectly atop a small wooded knoll overlooking a serene slice of Maine's North Woods. Located just off route 27, tucked away on a quiet ...


Govers Sidewall Shingling

We use only the finest materials, often sourced directly from domestic shingle mills on the Olympic Peninsula in Washington State. Learn more Get a quote. Experience matters. Since 1993 Govers Sidewall Shingling specializes in residential cedar shingle siding including complete restorations, additions, remodels and repairs. ...


Sangerville | Maine: An Encyclopedia

Sangerville has been a small lumbering and agricultural community for most of its history. Adjacent to Guilford, its main village is just south of the Piscataquis River, which forms its northern boundary.. In the 1880's …


Shingle Mill Blueberry Farm: They found the right crop

Shingle Mill Blueberry Farm's fields near Sandpoint, Idaho. Shingle Mill Blueberry Farm. SANDPOINT, Idaho — Patty and Fred Omodt met at the University of Montana in Missoula and in 1991 bought ...


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Maine's Swedish Colony, July 23, 1870 - Mills and Homes in Stockholm … bowling pin mill, two lumber mills, cedar mill, shingle mill, and a lath mill (lath are thin strips of wood used as a foundation for layering… Site Page. Western Maine Foothills Region - Regional and Town History ...


Maine Wood Guide — Local Wood WORKS

From shingles and clapboards to boards and beams, specialty mills and wood products businesses abound in Maine. Are you starting a project and wanting to feature Maine …


Need help with shingle mill in Sawmills and …

Shingle Mill Started by Carleton on Sawmills and Milling. 3 Replies 1281 Views June 23, 2012, 08:34:36 PM by KyTreeFarmer : Old shingle mill Started by Black Dragon on Sawmills and Milling. 12 …


Raymond -- Thumbnail History

The late 1910s saw Raymond operating at full bore. Six saw mills, two veneer plants, a box factory, five shingle mills, and a woodworking plant were joined by the Sanderson & Porter shipyard, which employed 1,000 workers in building ships for the United States Navy during World War I. In the postwar era, the population dropped to about 4,500.


Dow's Eastern White Shingles & Shakes | Cedar …

Dow's Eastern White Shingles & Shakes offering Maine eastern white cedar shingles and shakes made from approved FSC Harvested timber. Hand split shakes also available. All …


Ecoshel, A Cedar-Shingle Manufacturer, To Open Former …

Ecoshel plans to create 78 new jobs at its patented cedar-shingle manufacturing facility in Ashland, Maine. Occupying and possibly expanding the former Levesque Sawmill, Ecoshel's long-range plans include the operation of up to 10 production lines, which could boost employment to 300 people. At the start of operation with a single …


Planing and Shingle Mill, Springvale, ca. 1905

Title: Planing and Shingle Mill, Springvale, ca. 1905; Creation Date: circa 1905; Subject Date: circa 1905; Location: Sanford, York County, ME Media: Print from glass negative; Dimensions: 18.99 cm x 24.13 cm; ... Maine Memory Network is a project of the Maine Historical Society. Except for classroom educational use, images and content may not ...


431 S Belfast Rd, Windsor, Maine

About the Business. Production of top quality Northern white cedar shingles from locally grown trees. The cedar shingles. are cut, sawed, …


LONGFELLOWS CEDAR SHINGLES & SHAKES

Address of Longfellows Cedar Shingles & Shakes is 431 South Belfast Road Windsor, ME 04363. Longfellows Cedar Shingles & Shakes. "Our family produces quality northern …


Shinglemill Pond Topo Map in Plymouth County, …

The USGS (U.S. Geological Survey) publishes a set of the most commonly used topographic maps of the U.S. called US Topo that are separated into rectangular quadrants that are printed at 22.75"x29" or larger. Shinglemill Pond is covered by the Weymouth, MA US Topo Map quadrant.