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Industrial Maryland - Maine

  MA

  Amesbury

  Amesbury & Salisbury Mills Village Historic District

  Amesbury  MA

  Web Site http://www.ci.amesbury.ma.us/

  Alt Web http://www.essexheritage.org/visiting/placestovisit/listofsitesbycommunity/a

             mes_sals_mills_vill.shtml

  Description  Mill Yard, 9 mills from 1825-1872 along the Powow River & other

                    nearby buildings

  Type of Resource  Historic District

  Primary Focus  Industrial

  New or Updated:  5/5/2007

  MD

  Baltimore

  Baltimore Museum of Industry

  1415 Key Highway

  Inner Harbor Sough

  Baltimore  MD   21230    

  Phone  410 727-4808

  Web Site http://www.thebmi.org/

  Description  hands on activities inc. printing from a press, 1886 bank, 1910

                    pharmacy, coal powered SS Baltimore

  Type of Resource  Museum

  Primary Focus  Industrial

  Industry /Profession Printing

  New or Updated:  7/12/2006

  MD
  Baltimore
  Mount Vernon Museum of Incandescent Lighting
  717 Washington Place
  Baltimore  MD  21201    
  Phone  410 323-3453
  Web Site  *****
  Description  personal collection of light bulbs from the beginning at Thomas Edison's lab                         -- by appointment only
  Type of Resource  Museum
  Primary Focus  Industrial
  New or Updated:  09/30/2003

  MD

  Bethesda

  Stetten Museum of Medical Research

  9000 Rockville Pike

  NIH Building 31, Room 5B38 MSC 2092

  Bethesda MD   20892    

  Phone   301 496-6610

  Web Site  http://history.nih.gov/

  E-mail  mailto:museum@nih.gov

  Description  National Institutes of Health display medical devices, art, model, research projects on site and on the web

  Type of Resource   Specialty Museum

  Primary Focus  Industry

  Industry /Profession Medical

  Collection N-Z  Photography

  Research /Reading  Library

  New or Updated:   8/19/2005

Maryland
Thurmont
Catoctin Furnace at Cunningham Falls SP
14039 Catoctin Hollow Road
Thurmont MD 21788
Phone 301 271-7574
Web Site http://www.dnr.state.md.us/publiclands/cunninghamhistory.html
Description remains of extensive iron furnace operations, 1858 casting shed reconstructed
Building Type Mill
Type of Resource Historic Place
Primary Focus: Industrial
Industry Profession Iron & Steel
Era 1776-1903

  MD
  Upper Marlboro
  W Henry Duvall Tool Museum
  Patuxent River Park
  16000 Croom Airport Road
  Upper Marlboro   MD  20772    
  Phone    301 627-6074
  Web Site      http://www.pgparks.com/places/historic/duvall.html
  Description      tools from various professions including farming, carpentry, and dentistry
  Type of Resource       Specialty Museum
  Primary Focus    Industrial
  Collection N-Z     Tools
  Owner/Operator:     Prince Georges County
  New or Updated:   12/1/2003

  MD
  Westminster
  Union Mills Homestead & Grist Mill
  3311 Littlestown Pike
  Westminster  MD   21158    
  Phone  410 848-2288
  Web Site   http://www.union.edu/PUBLIC/ECODEPT/kleind/unionmills/index.html
  Alt Web  http://tourism.carr.org/unionmil.htm
  Description  mill & homestead
  Type of Resource  House Museum
  Primary Focus   Industrial
  Building Type  Mill
  Era  1797
  Owner/Operator:    Union Mills Homestead Foundation
  New or Updated:                   12/2/2003

  Maryland

  Wye Mills

  Wye Grist Mill

  14296 Old Wye Mills Road (Rt. 662)

  Mail PO Box 277

  Wye Mills  MD   21679    

  Phone  410 827-3850

  Web Site http://www.historicqac.org/sites/WMgristmill.htm

  E-mail  mailto:oldwyemill@goeaston.net

  Alt Web http://www.ce.jhu.edu/mdcive/wyemill.htm

  Description  working flour mill, supplied the Continental Army

  Type of Resource  Museum

  Primary Focus  Industrial

  Building Type  Mill

  Era 1682

  New or Updated:  4/20/2007

Google

  Ashland

  Ashland Logging Museum

  Box 348

  Ashland  ME  04732    

  Phone  207 435-6679

  Web Site http://www.townofashland.com/Ashland_Logging_Museum.htm

  Description  replica logging camp

  Type of Resource  Specialty Museum

  Primary Focus  Industrial

  Industry /Profession Logging

  Collection G-M   Machinery

  New or Updated:  5/9/2007

  ME
  Dover Foxcroft
  Blacksmith Shop Museum
  98 Dawes Road
  Dover Foxcroft  ME  04426 
  Phone  207 564-7137
  Web Site  http://www.mainemuseums.org/htm/196.htm
  E-mail  mailto:jmannis@midmaine.com
  Alt Web  http://www.maineguide.com/region/katahdin/information/attractions_katahdin.s
  Description  features original equipment including an ox lifter
  Type of Resource  Historic Place
  Primary Focus  Industrial
  Building Type  Trade/Craft
  Collection N-Z       Tools
  Era  1863
  Owner/Operator:  Dover-Foxcroft Historical Society
  New or Updated:  07/25/2003 

  ME

  Patten

  Patten Lumbermen's Museum

  Waters Road

  PO Box 300

  Patten       ME           04765    

  Phone   207 528-2650

  Web Site  http://www.lumbermensmuseum.org/

  E-mail  mailto:curator@lumbermensmuseum.org

  Description  9 buildings preserving history of the umber industry

  Type of Resource   Specialty Museum

  Primary Focus  Industrial

  Industry /Profession Logging

  New or Updated:           10/11/2005

  ME
  South Berwick
  Counting House Museum
  2 Liberty Street
  PO Box 296
  South Berwick                  ME         03908    
  Phone   207 384-0000
  Web Site  http://www.obhs.net/
  Description  located in former office and ballroom for textile mill
  Type of Resource   Museum
  Primary Focus  Industrial
  Building Type   Commercial
  Owner/Operator:  Old Berwick Historical Society
  New or Updated:    12/4/2003