Keywords: Public Works
Item 103783
Contributed by: Maine Historical Society/MaineToday Media Date: 1935-11-13 Location: Portland Media: Glass Negative
Item 12053
Johansen, Oakley, and Sherwood Streets, Portland, 1934
Contributed by: City of Portland Dept. of Public Works Date: 1934 Location: Portland Media: Photographic print
Item 150674
Lewiston Water Works, Pump House, Gate House, Pipe House, Lewiston, 1878
Contributed by: Maine Historical Society Date: 1878 Location: Lewiston Client: Lewiston Water Works Architect: Stevens and Coombs Architects
Item 150667
Lewiston Water Works Electric Light Station and Gate, Lewiston, 1878-1907
Contributed by: Maine Historical Society Date: 1878–1907 Location: Lewiston Client: Lewiston Water Works Architect: George M. Coombs; Stevens and Coombs Architects
Exhibit
Putting Men to Work, Saving Trees
While many Mainers were averse to accepting federal relief money during the Great Depression of the 1930s, young men eagerly joined the Civilian Conservation Corps, one of President Franklin Roosevelt's most popular programs. The Maine Forest Service supervised the work of many of the camps.
Exhibit
Student Exhibit: Can You Help Our Free Skowhegan Public Library?
The Skowhegan Free Public Library was built in 1889 with money donated by Abner Coburn and the town of Skowhegan. Mr. Coburn left $30,000 in his will towards the building of the library. In 2005, for the library to fully keep up with their programs need to make some renovations. These changes would allow for more use of technology, more room for children's programs, and provide handicap accessibility.
Site Page
City of Portland Department of Public Works
View collections, facts, and contact information for this Contributing Partner.
Site Page
Highlighting Historical Hampden - Works Cited
"Aylesbury: Shire Publications, 1976. Historic Hampden. 1944. History of Penobscot County Maine with illustrations and biographical sketches."
Story
Black Lives Matter Protest Portland, Maine
by Joanne Arnold
Documenting the signage at Portland Police Station following the BLM Protests of June 2020
Story
How Belfast was the Chicken Capital of the Northeast
by Ralph Chavis
My memories of spending time in Belfast as a child when my father worked in the chicken industry.
Lesson Plan
How Do Communities Represent Themselves
Grade Level: K-2
Content Area: Social Studies
Students learn about historical and current flags of Maine and work in small groups to create flags to represent their classroom/school communities.
Lesson Plan
Longfellow Studies: "Haunted Houses"
Grade Level: 6-8, 9-12
Content Area: English Language Arts, Social Studies
Longfellow's collection The Courtship of Miles Standish and other Poems was published in 1858. It sold 250,000 copies in two months and over 10.000 copies in London on the first day; Henry Wadsworth Longfellow was extremely popular during his lifetime.
"Haunted Houses" is a work from that collection. It is a poem that is especially appealing around Halloween. The poem welcomes the reader to a place where "The spirit-world around the world of sense floats like an atmosphere . . ."
