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Keywords: Eminent Domain

Historical Items

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Item 67400

Dunbar family home, Dunbar Road, Winslow, ca. 1955

Contributed by: Winslow Historical Preservation Committee Date: circa 1955 Location: Winslow Media: Photographic print

Item 98873

Indian Island summer cottage owned by actors Mary Hechter and William Roselle, Standish, 1923

Contributed by: Portland Water District Date: 1923 Location: Standish Media: Photographic print

Item 98874

Indian Island summer cottage owned by actors Amy Ricard and Lester Lonergan, Standish, 1923

Contributed by: Portland Water District Date: 1923 Location: Standish Media: Photographic print

Online Exhibits

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Exhibit

Student Exhibit: The Great By-Pass

The debate over a proposed bridge and bypass in Skowhegan in 2005.

Exhibit

Student Exhibit: Ice Harvesting

Ice Harvesting was a big industry on the Kennebec River. Several million tons of ice could be harvested in a few weeks. In 1886 the Kennebec River topped the million ton on ice production.

Exhibit

Walter Wyman and River Power

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 Pages

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Site Page

Thomaston: The Town that Went to Sea - 1850 to 1870

"… and purchased land either by choice or eminent domain, the proposed railway running through the General Knox Estate."

Site Page

Farmington: Franklin County's Shiretown - The Abbott School

"In 1969, the State took the property by Eminent Domain, it was cleaned up and Rollo Pond was dredged."

My Maine Stories

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Story

Ted Truman (Throumoulos): A treasure trove of stories
by Biddeford Cultural & Heritage Center

A son of Greek immigrants’ insight into his entrepreneurial family, culture and life experiences