Keywords: Knickerbockers
Item 34741
Knickerbocker Express, ca. 1938
Contributed by: Bangor Public Library Date: circa 1938 Location: Bangor; Bar Harbor Media: Offset Print postcard
Item 23656
Car No. 2, Old Orchard Beach, ca. 1912
Contributed by: Maine Historical Society/MaineToday Media Date: circa 1912 Location: Old Orchard Beach; Old Orchard Beach Media: Glass Negative
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Maine's frozen rivers and lakes provided an economic opportunity. The state shipped thousands of tons of ice to ports along the East Coast and to the West Indies that workers had cut and packed in sawdust for shipment or later use.
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Wired! How Electricity Came to Maine
As early as 1633, entrepreneurs along the Piscataqua River in southern Maine utilized the force of the river to power a sawmill, recognizing the potential of the area's natural power sources, but it was not until the 1890s that technology made widespread electricity a reality -- and even then, consumers had to be urged to use it.
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Architecture & Landscape database - Project Background and Partners
"… Construction, CWS Architects, East Brown Cow, The Knickerbocker Group, and Simons Architects, MHS converted the Microsoft access database to an…"
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Life on a Tidal River - Bangor and the Civil War Resources
"New York: The Knickerbocker Press, 1915. U.S. Quartermaster’s Department Alphabetical Index to Places of Interest of Deceased Union Soldiers in the…"