Brownville and Ebeeme note

Excerpt from The Water Power of Maine

Maine. Hydrographic Survey - 1869


Brownville Piscataquis County From Selectmen's Returns
Three Powers First at the village on Pleasant river Head and fall 12 feet Saw shingle clapboard and grist mills Work all the year Second below and near the south line of the town Not improved Third on Pleasant river about four miles above the village The river connects with a number of large ponds Lower and Upper Ebeeme Houston Furnace and others and its manufacturing capacity can be very greatly increased and at little expense by the use of these for reservoirs There is water enough to carry a great many wheels The well known slate quarries are about half a mile distant from the village and building stone of all dimensions can be procured thereat in any quantity Market Bangor