Keywords: Cumberland Oxford Canal
Item 71875
View of canal from Power House, Westbrook, ca. 1938
Contributed by: Boston Public Library Date: circa 1938 Location: Westbrook Media: Linen texture postcard
Item 176
Plan of Portland, engraved as a directory, 1852
Contributed by: Maine Historical Society Date: 1852 Location: Portland Media: Ink on paper
Exhibit
Irish Immigrants in Nineteenth Century Maine
With the popularity of all things Irish in modern America, many people have forgotten the difficulties faced by nineteenth century Irish immigrants.
Exhibit
Immigration is one of the most debated topics in Maine. Controversy aside, immigration is also America's oldest tradition, and along with religious tolerance, what our nation was built upon. Since the first people--the Wabanaki--permitted Europeans to settle in the land now known as Maine, we have been a state of immigrants.
