February 2018 MAINE COASTAL NEWS Page 27.


that well-known property of hydraulicity, or setting and hardening underwater. The name originated with J. Aspdtin, in Leeds, En- gland about 1825, who introduced its manu- facture under a patent granted by the British Government. The cement mortar, when set, having the appearance and durability of the Portland, England stone, of which some of London’s most beautiful edifi ces are built, suggested the name of Portland Cement. In England the cement is manufactured from the chalk deposits, on the shores of the riv- ers Thames and Medway, mixed with the alluvial clays. The Cement Works in this city are


HISTORY FROM THE PAST - Maine Industry Journal - 1880 mence her trips before the 10th


The next work is to draw the liquid


using limestone in its natural state, being chemically composed as follows: 85 to 87 percent lime, 13 to 15 percent silicates, iron, alumina, magnesia, etc., and some choice clays of three varieties that are abundant in this locality; giving a product that compares very favorably with the old established London Portland Cements. The following are some chemical analyses of the cements taken by Dr. Glendoning, A. W. Shaw and Prof. Phillips, State Assayer.


London PC Cobb Lime Co.


Portland Cement Lime 63.86 64.70 64.57 Silics 19.72 20.05 20.04 Alumina 6.92 7.95 Oxide of Iron 2.52 2.27 }10.08 Carbonic Acid 1.08 2.15 2.21 Magnesia


1.08 1.00 0.98


Sulfuric Acid 0.75 0.80 0.77 Water 1.45 0.28 0.55 Alkali 0.95 0.80 0.84 100.00 100.00 100.00


The limestone is ground in immense


crushers, manufactured for the purpose. Then each barrow full is weighed and is emptied into wet grinding mills. These mills are round and have some sharp knives revolving about, which cut the particles into still fi ner particles, while a continual stream of water running into the mill carries off all that which is suffi ciently fi ne, through a screen, and thence fl owed off in suspen- sion. The clays are dissolved in hot water in another tank and are discharged into the same pipe or gutter as the lime. They mingle, fall into a pump where they are thoroughly combined and forced up through a pipe into tanks in the second story. As soon as tank No.1 is fi lled, its contents are drawn off into tank No.2, and this is done several times so as to thoroughly blend the constituents.


through pipes into compartments in the drying room. The fl oor of this room is com- posed of cement and is built directly above the furnaces in which the coke is made, so that the fl oor is nearly red hot when the liquid fl ows upon it. It does not require very much time to dry and then is cut into small pieces and converted to the kilns where it is burned. When the kiln burns out, the cement in hard chunks, is taken to the mill for the fi nal grinding. When it drops from the mill, it falls upon a screen of 3600 perforations to the inch and is then carried up through a long box, in much the same way fl our is, and so down into the barrel, which stands on an iron plate that is moved up and down with great force, so as to thoroughly settle the cement. When each barrel is fi lled, it is headed, labeled and is then ready for ship- ment. We saw some specimens of the cement in its stone form and they were of the most beautiful quality. Among the many uses to which it is ap-


plied are the following: Concrete for founda- tions for harbor and bridge works. breakwa- ters, macadamized roads, tramways, coating for iron ships, cisterns, concrete walls for buildings, stuccos and artifi cial stone for building purposes, monuments, sewer pipe, fl ower and garden vases, garden bordering, joints for iron pipes, burial caskets, etc. It is superior to all other cements. As an exterior facing, it is fast superseding the Roman and Rosendale cements, having proved much harder, not subject to crack, and owing to its peculiar tenacity, admitting of being applied with a very much larger preparation of sand, adaptable at less outlay. There are many reasons why the manu-


facture of this article should succeed in this city. Besides being the best cement made, the vast quantity of limestone abounding in this neighborhood, our unexcelled advantages for the shipment of all sorts of manufacture, and the prevalence of just such clays as are required, all tend to facilitate the manufac- ture, in immense quantities, of this cement. The company is also most fortunate in having such an able man as superintendent. He has made the subject a study for many years and understands just how to make the best and most salable product. We wish the company all the success they desire.


Page 332. The machinery for the new steam ferry


boat at Sullivan has arrived at last, but the builder thinks she will not be ready to com-


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3 June Page 348. Campobello Island in Passamaquoddy


Bay, has recently been sold to General E. C. Pike, of Calais, and other American gentle- men, for $50,000. It is the intention of the new proprietors to build a large hotel upon the island and erect a number of cottages in the most eligible sites, to be let to summer visitors by the season. Campobello lies op- posite Eastport, on the British side, contains 14,000 acres of land and about 1,200 inhabi- tants. The St. John Sun says: “There are fi ne harbors, beaches, coves, headlands, etc., and in the hands of enterprising proprietors


of June.


it may become one of the fi nest watering places in the world. Outlook in all directions is quite enchanting, and the place is one of the healthiest to be found anywhere. The sale of the island to General Pike for $50,000 is a remarkable transaction. We should say that if the General is as clever as business men in the United States usually are, he will realize at least $150,000 to $200,000 on his speculation, with an expenditure of a few thousand dollars.


10 June Page 363. The new steam ferry boat for Sullivan


is ready for her trial trip. She is named the TRANSIT and is 18 tons burden.


Rich Woodman - Boatbuilder... Continued from Page 5.


Emery brothers. They were looking for a fi rst mate on their schooner RACHEL B. JACKSON and he took the job. The fi rst year they headed for Bermuda and entered a race to Halifax, but on their way north lost the rudder and sailed almost 500 miles steering by trimming the sails. After this he went to work for Bill Cannell in Camden, but it was not long before John Burgess, head of The Landing School, asked him to return to teach at the school, which agreed to do. One of the incentives was obtaining the


schooner LAZY JACK, which he started his charter business with. He ran her for 10 years and then he rebuilt ELEANOR, which is based on the Mobjack’s hull designed by L. Francis Herreshoff . He changed her to a schooner rig with the assistance of Cy Hamlin and has been sailing her out of Ken- nebunkport ever since. When he is not at The Landing School,


Rich can be found in his boat shop rebuilding classic racers. Presently he is working on a 1915 36-foot Elco Express that was found in a barn in Wolfeboro, New Hampshire. She has been completely rebuilt: new keel, frames and engine stringers, double planked bottom, and deck, which had been burned because of an engine fi re. Next, they will


install the engine, which was rebuilt, and install the new windscreen. She will likely be launched this summer. Another interesting boat he worked


on was Scolopendra, a well-known British racer, which found her way to Canada to combat Americans illegal fi shing on the Great Lakes. She had an interesting stern, which came back to a point with hard chines. When this developed a problem they cut off six feet and planked her across. Again, another total rebuild, but the challenge was trying to recreate that original transom. Be- fore she was planked up her owner took her to England to fi nish the project because he wanted to be involved with that part. He has also built several replicas of the


great racers of the early 1900s. One replica was MISS AMERICA VII, powered with a pair of V12 Rolls Royce engines. She was originally clocked at 93 mph, but her owner has only been in the high 80s with this one. Rich said of this boat, “That it was nothing more than a crate for engines.” Rich loves building these speedsters,


but running them at top end is not for him. He prefers to sail ELEANOR at 8 knots and enjoy the hours as they slide by. With his love for the boatbuilding history of Kennebunk/ Kennebunkport I asked ever thought of do- ing a book and he said yes, I cannot wait!


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