Researching Maine Industries
Agriculture • Fishing • Granite / Lime / Gravel • Ice Harvesting • Logging / Lumber / Paper • Shipbuilding • Textile & Shoe Mills • Tourism
Focus your research by starting with Wikipedia and the Maine State Government. Then try some of these links:
- Davistown Museum - the history of Maine tools and toolmakers
- Google Books - full text access to many state and town histories which often include economic and industrial development chapters.
- History of the Maine Economy Overview of Maine traditional industries
- Maine Gov: History Told by Mainers
- Maine Gov: Statistics Links to Demographics, employment and industry statistics
- Maine Memory - picture slide shows and exhibits of many industries and trades.
- Penobscot Bay History Online Working The Bay, Fishing, Ships
Refine your searches by searching industry keywords or products + history + Maine (i.e. Maine lobster history or lime industry Rockland).
Maine Science and Environment Sites
Friends of Sebago Lake
Gulf of Maine Council on the Marine Habitat
Maine Office of Geographic Information System
Rare, Threatened & Endangered Species of Maine
University of Maine Cooperative Extension
Miscellaneous Sites of Interest
Acadia National Park , Acadia Magic
Allagash Wilderness Waterway, Finder for State Parks & other sites
Baxter State Park, Finder for State Parks and other sites
Lighthouses of Maine, New England Lighthouses
Maine Today Maine newspaper links