Timeline Stories – Brooks Trap Mill

04/01/2018

By resultsbuilder|2019-11-05T02:17:34+00:00November 5th, 2019|

Brooks Inc. (the parent company of Brooks Trap Mill) purchased Brooks Industrial Marine in Wakefield.

1946

By resultsbuilder|2019-10-25T06:10:34+00:00October 25th, 2019|

Michael Brooks (the father of Karl Brooks, and grandfather of Julie, Mark, and Stephen) set up a trap stock mill on Camden Street in Rockland, Maine upon the return of his son Karl from the US Navy.

1949

1949

By resultsbuilder|2019-10-26T00:24:34+00:00October 25th, 2019|

Mike moved his trap stock mill to Beechwood Street in Thomaston, Maine, where Brooks Trap Mill is located today.

1959

By resultsbuilder|2019-10-25T06:10:03+00:00October 25th, 2019|

Three of Mike’s sons took over the management of the trap stock business.

1973

1973

By resultsbuilder|2019-10-26T00:24:29+00:00October 25th, 2019|

Karl, now the eldest surviving son of Michael Brooks, returned to Maine and joined his brother Lawrence in the wood business. (Karl is the father of the current owners of Brooks Trap Mill)

1974

1974

By resultsbuilder|2019-10-26T00:24:26+00:00October 25th, 2019|

Lawrence and Karl built a new and much larger trap stock mill which had room for trap building as well as for sawing the trap stock. They called this part of their business, “Brooks Trap Mill.”

1986

By resultsbuilder|2019-10-25T06:08:15+00:00October 25th, 2019|

Karl became the sole owner of the lobster trap and supply business, which by now provided a “one stop” place to shop for lobster traps and lobstering supplies.

1987

By resultsbuilder|2019-10-25T06:07:55+00:00October 25th, 2019|

Brooks Inc. (the parent company of Brooks Trap Mill) purchased Portland Trap on Union Wharf in Portland.

1990

By resultsbuilder|2019-10-25T06:07:21+00:00October 25th, 2019|

Brooks Trap Mill had developed several specialized and computer-controlled wire mesh cutting machines. The machines greatly improved the speed of cutting wire trap parts from rolls of wire mesh while at the same time greatly improving the quality of the product.

1997

1997

By resultsbuilder|2019-10-26T00:24:23+00:00October 25th, 2019|

The first of the company’s new steel warehouse buildings was ready for use. It had a much enlarged store section and in-floor heat. To service this new facility, we got our first factory fork-truck.

04/01/2018

1946

1949

1959

1973

1974

1986

1987

1990

1997

Title

Brooks Trap Mill

Portland Trap

Brooks Marine Supply

Downeast Trap Shack

Brooks Industrial Marine

NOTE: All locations are closed Saturdays in January and February.