Our Maine Street's Aroostook Issue 4 : Spring 2010 | Page 25

In the 1800’s sugar houses started being used
to bring the work of boiling inside- out of the weather.
Evaporator pans replaced the kettles. With the pans, the
sap was spread out over a larger area and the sap boiled
down more quickly.

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