Keywords: Engineering Department Shop
Item 18291
Bangor and Aroostook Railroad Engineering Department Shop, Houlton, ca. 1990
Contributed by: Oakfield Historical Society Date: circa 1990 Location: Houlton Media: Photographic print
Item 35274
Biddeford Fire Department test by mill buildings, 1909
Contributed by: McArthur Public Library Date: 1909 Location: Biddeford Media: Photographic print
Exhibit
Waldoboro Fire Department's 175 Years
While the town of Waldoboro was chartered in 1773, it began organized fire protection in 1838 with a volunteer fire department and a hand pump fire engine, the Water Witch.
Exhibit
Summer Folk: The Postcard View
Vacationers, "rusticators," or tourists began flooding into Maine in the last quarter of the 19th century. Many arrived by train or steamer. Eventually, automobiles expanded and changed the tourist trade, and some vacationers bought their own "cottages."
Site Page
Historic Hallowell - Industry at the Mouth of the Vaughan Stream
"A steam engine worked as a heat engine that performed mechanical work using steam as the working fluid."
Site Page
Lubec, Maine - Canning Sardines in Lubec: Technology, the Syndicate and Labor
"Perspectives on Labor Old Gun Rock Can Shop, Lubec, ca. 1900Lubec Historical Society This can shop on Water Street was part of the Gun Rock…"
Story
Annette Addorio: 100+ years of memories from full life
by Biddeford Cultural & Heritage Center
From 1914 to 2018, highlights from my life in Biddeford
Story
Spiros Droggitis: From Biddeford to Washington DC and back
by Biddeford Cultural & Heritage Center
A Greek family's impact: from the iconic Wonderbar Restaurant to Washington DC
