Allegrin's Lumber, 59 High Street in Bath, Maine. Lumber yard is no longer there.

Were they an electric powered mill, tidal, or both? Were the logs floated down the Kennebec or where they hauled in by truck? Was there a big competition between them and Morse? And check out the heighth of those CHIMNEYS!!! Wonder how they faired in the earthquakes a couple decades back...

Last question, whose land was this (way, way back) in the early days of Bath (Long Reach)? I have always wondered about the farm house in the center of the frame and the other older farm house out of frame on the left hand side of the picture...if they were tied into the early settlers (I wish I had Owens book with that nice pull out diagram with me here...but I don't).

This home is on High St in Bath and set next door to Allegrin Lumber, which was in business until about 1970.

Logs came down the river, I remember the log drives in the 50s. Both farm houses are still there. There is a new ranch style house there where one of the last owners of the mill lives now. The mill was in business into the 70s as we purchased all the materials for our house there.

Chimney height was determined by lighting a small fire in the base of the chimney to see if the smoke would be draft up the chimney. This house is located in an area with a fairly high ridge to the west, and the main house is much higher that the ell thus the need for the t-a-l-l chimney.

This house is shown on the 1858 Chace Map of Sagadahoc County. This link will take you to a photo that shows the house in the early 1900's: https://www.facebook.com/media/set/?s...