The Bradbury Barrel Company

The Bradbury Barrel Company Bradbury Barrel Co. is a custom slack wooden barrel cooperage. We build everything from store fixtures & movie sets to crates & planters.

Merry Christmas! 🎄 🏠
12/24/2025

Merry Christmas! 🎄 🏠

Merry Christmas! We will be open Christmas eve until 1
12/23/2025

Merry Christmas! We will be open Christmas eve until 1

There's still time to grab some great locally made products before the big day arrives! We'll be here today and all week...
12/19/2025

There's still time to grab some great locally made products before the big day arrives! We'll be here today and all weekend, so stop by and see us.

Merry Christmas! We've been adding some new items into the storefront here at the office. Stop in and see us or send u...
12/10/2025

Merry Christmas! We've been adding some new items into the storefront here at the office. Stop in and see us or send us a message if you see anything that you are interested in!

Did You Know ? Our storefront is open every weekday from 8-5! Only available to shop on weekends? Reach out to us on Fac...
11/02/2025

Did You Know ?

Our storefront is open every weekday from 8-5! Only available to shop on weekends? Reach out to us on Facebook or call us at (207) 429-8141 and schedule an appointment to browse what selections we have available!

Located on US-Route 1 in Bridgewater, Maine

The Maine Potato Barrel Story - Most of us, when we think of a barrel, think ofwhiskey barrels or, perhaps, steel drums....
10/31/2025

The Maine Potato Barrel Story -

Most of us, when we think of a barrel, think of
whiskey barrels or, perhaps, steel drums. Few
people realize that there is such a thing as
the Maine Potato Barrel.

The potato barrel is native to Aroostook, Maine's
largest county; once the nation's largest producer
of potatoes. While the other potato producing areas
used burlap sacks, Aroostook farmers used the good,
tongue and groove cedar barrel. It was used in the
field during harvest and in the storage house during
the winter.

Potatoes were bought and sold by the
barrel; they still are in Aroostook where farmers
sigure the cost of potatoes by the barrel.
Although automated harvesters have taken over the
bulk of the work, there are few fields, even today,
where barrels can be seen strung out in rows for
the "pickers" to fill. Men, women, children
even granaparents bend to the task. And even today,
children are excused from school for several weeks
during this most important event.

Through the years of hauling, dumping and rolling,
the barrel has endured. But, since the introduction
of modern methods the cooperages have gradually
faded away; 1978 found only three remaining i n
Aroostook.

In July of 1978, the Bradbury family of Bridgewater
purchased the cooperage that is now the Bradbury
Barrel Company. With visions of almost endless uses
for a good barrel, the Bradburys built the cooperage
into a plant capable of producing the unique display
units that now constitute the company's major
business.

In a few years, the barrel has made the transition
from a hard-working field hand to a Star Salesperson

Address

479 Main Road
Bridgewater, ME
04735

Opening Hours

Monday 8am - 5pm
Tuesday 8am - 5pm
Wednesday 8am - 5pm
Thursday 8am - 5pm

Telephone

(207) 429-8141

Website

Alerts

Be the first to know and let us send you an email when The Bradbury Barrel Company posts news and promotions. Your email address will not be used for any other purpose, and you can unsubscribe at any time.

Contact The Business

Send a message to The Bradbury Barrel Company:

Shortcuts

Share

Category