Keywords: Cumberland and Oxford Canal
Item 176
Plan of Portland, engraved as a directory, 1852
Contributed by: Maine Historical Society Date: 1852 Location: Portland Media: Ink on paper
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
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Workers in Maine have labored in factories, on farms, in the woods, on the water, among other locales. Many of Maine's occupations have been determined by the state's climate and geographical features.
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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.
