Keywords: Bug Light Park
Item 148214
Portland Breakwater and Bug Light, South Portland, 1887
Contributed by: City of Portland - Planning & Development Date: 1887-09-05 Location: South Portland Media: Photographic print
Item 148239
Scow off breakwater, South Portland, 1887
Contributed by: City of Portland - Planning & Development Date: 1887-09-01 Location: Portland Media: Photographic print
Exhibit
From Sewers to Skylines: William S. Edwards's 1887 Photo Album
William S. Edwards (1830-1918) was a civil engineer who worked for the City of Portland from 1876-1906. Serving as First Assistant to Chief Engineer William A. Goodwin, then to Commissioner George N. Fernald, Edwards was a fixture in City Hall for 30 consecutive years, proving indispensable throughout the terms of 15 Mayors of Portland, including all six of those held by James Phineas Baxter. Edwards made significant contributions to Portland, was an outstanding mapmaker and planner, and his works continue to benefit historians.
Exhibit
Visitors to the Maine woods in the early twentieth century often recorded their adventures in private diaries or journals and in photographs. Their remembrances of canoeing, camping, hunting and fishing helped equate Maine with wilderness.
Site Page
South Portland Historical Society
View collections, facts, and contact information for this Contributing Partner.
Story
What does a warming climate mean for Maine?
by David Reidmiller
Climate change affects all aspects of life. What does this mean for Maine?
Story
Monument Square 1967
by C. Michael Lewis
The background story and research behind a commissioned painting of Monument Square.
