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Historical Items

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Item 104670

Coal fired boilers at Pepperell Mills, Biddeford, 2017

Contributed by: Biddeford Mills Museum Date: 1916 Location: Biddeford Media: Digital Photo

Item 135774

Kitchen, Yellow House, Gardiner, ca. 1985

Contributed by: Maine Historical Society Date: circa 1985 Location: Gardiner Media: photographic print

Item 26933

Lubec, West Quoddy Head Lighthouse, ca. 1900

Contributed by: West Quoddy Head Light Keepers Association Date: circa 1900 Location: Lubec Media: Postcard

Architecture & Landscape

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Item 150379

Various buildings at Maine Insane Hospital, Augusta, 1895-1907

Contributed by: Maine Historical Society Date: 1895–1907 Location: Augusta Client: State of Maine Architect: G. M. Coombs; Coombs and Gibbs Architects
This record contains 6 images.

Item 150376

Insane Hospital buildings, Augusta; Vinylhaven, 1893-1907

Contributed by: Maine Historical Society Date: 1893–1907 Location: Vinylhaven; Augusta; Vinylhaven Client: State of Maine Architect: George M. Coombs; Coombs, Gibbs, and Wilkinson Architects
This record contains 7 images.

Online Exhibits

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History in Motion: The Era of the Electric Railways

Street railways, whether horse-drawn or electric, required the building of trestles and tracks. The new form of transportation aided industry, workers, vacationers, and other travelers.

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Moosehead Steamboats

After the canoe, steamboats became the favored method of transportation on Moosehead Lake. They revolutionized movement of logs and helped promote tourism in the region.

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One Hundred Years of Caring -- EMMC

In 1892 five physicians -- William H. Simmons, William C. Mason, Walter H. Hunt, Everett T. Nealey, and William E. Baxter -- realized the need for a hospital in the city of Bangor had become urgent and they set about providing one.

Site Pages

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Western Maine Foothills Region - For The Love Of Paper - Page 3 of 4

"The old coal boilers were converted to oil-fired, and recovery burning boilers were added to retrieve costly chemicals."

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Guilford, Maine - Early Manufacturing - Page 2 of 3

"… and burst through the windows, carrying tons of coal and gravel, packing the boiler room and dye house to a depth of three feet, and destroying dye…"

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Lubec, Maine - The Lighthouse at West Quoddy Head

"Emergency Generators X The old boiler building now houses emergency automatic-start generators and telemetry equipment."