Keywords: Down by the Old River
Item 26297
Baring Brothers Launch, Thomaston 1877
Contributed by: Thomaston Historical Society Date: 1877 Location: Thomaston Media: Photographic print
Item 148504
Contributed by: Maine Historical Society
Date: 1966
Media: Phonograph record
This record contains 2 images.
Exhibit
Student Exhibit: Logging on Kennebec River
I became interested in the Kennebec River log drive when my grandfather would tell me stories. He remembers watching the logs flow down the river from his home in Fairfield, a small town along the Kennebec River.
Exhibit
Walter Wyman's vision to capture the power of Maine's rivers to produce electricity led to the formation of Central Maine Power Co. and to a struggle within the state over what should happen to the power produced by the state's natural resources.
Site Page
Life on a Tidal River - Narrative
"The great spring river drives down the Penobscot brought the lumber to mills lining the river's shore where it was made ready for market."
Site Page
Bath's Historic Downtown - Old Town Hall and Grant Building
"The purpose of the Old City Hall was to house the city government, including a mayor's office, a treasurer's office, assessor's office and the police…"
Story
A Maine Family's story of being Prisoners of War in Manila
by Nicki Griffin
As a child, born after the war, I would hear these stories - glad they were finally written down
Story
An enjoyable conference, Portland 2021
by John C. Decker, Danville, Pennsylvania
Some snippets from a 4-day conference by transportation historians in Portland, September 7-11, 2021
