Unfortunately, a persistent level of poverty continues to underlie this economy, and variations in the unemployment rate have been particularly difficult for those at or near the poverty level. Later the economy shifted to larger-scale manufacturing (textiles, wood products – including lumber and paper, and shoes) before maturing into a services oriented economy with its emphasis on retailing, tourism, professional services, government and educational programs, and most recently health care, technology based pursuits, and financial services. Typical of small-scale industries in many towns include sawmills barrel and stave mills grist mills tanneries cheese factories clothing manufacturing carriage and sleigh factories canning (corn, seafood) factories door, sash and blind factories starch factories flour-mills buckwheat mills etc. Now its remnants, like many bygone industries, have become the object of the curious, such as the Thompson Icehouse Museum in South Bristol. Ice harvesting, from ponds, streams or rivers, became a major industry that was sustained until the widespread use of electricity and refrigerators in the early twentieth century. Icehouse at the Thompson Museum in South Bristol (2004) Articles about Maine history, government, ecology, economy, recreation, towns, natural features, famous people, sports, with maps, photos, and videos.
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