Keywords: Fires
Item 9557
Dyer Street potato house fire, Presque Isle, 1960
Contributed by: Presque Isle Fire Department Date: 1960-12-14 Location: Presque Isle Media: Photoprint
Item 98782
Gay Block Fire, Waldoboro, 1962
Contributed by: Waldoboro Fire Department Date: 1962 Location: Waldoboro Media: Photographic print
Item 74954
Fire Brick Storage, Thompsons Point, Portland, 1924
Owner in 1924: The Portland & Ogdensburg Railroad Use: Fire Brick Storage
Item 32811
83-85 Adams Street, Portland, 1924
Owner in 1924: Catherine Reardon Style: Greek Revival Use: Dwelling & Store
Item 151760
Opportunity Farm fire escapes, New Gloucester, 1944
Contributed by: Maine Historical Society Date: 1944 Location: New Gloucester Client: Opportunity Farm Association Architect: Megquier & Jones Co.
Item 150836
Fire Station for the City of Sanford, Sanford, 1924
Contributed by: Maine Historical Society Date: 1924 Location: Sanford Client: Town of Sanford Architect: Harry S. Coombs
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
Looking Out: Maine's Fire Towers
Maine, the most heavily forested state in the nation, had the first continuously operational fire lookout tower, beginning a system of fire prevention that lasted much of the twentieth century.
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Story
Bob "Coach" Cote: Highlights from life of a Biddeford legend
by Biddeford Cultural & Heritage Center
Bob talks about growing up in Biddeford, sports, the fire of 1947, and closing of St. Louis High.
Story
Anti-immigrant violence
by Matthew Jude Barker
Prejudice in Maine against immigrants dates back to at least the mid-1700s
Lesson Plan
Longfellow's Ripple Effect: Journaling With the Poet - "The Fire of Drift-Wood"
Grade Level: 6-8, 9-12, Postsecondary
Content Area: English Language Arts, Social Studies
This lesson is part of a series of six lesson plans that will give students the opportunity to become familiar with the works of Longfellow while reflecting upon how his works speak to their own experiences.
