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Keywords: Road repair

Historical Items

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Item 57204

Road crew on horse-drawn road grader, Strong, ca. 1905

Contributed by: Strong Historical Society Date: circa 1905 Location: Strong Media: Glass Negative

Item 12044

Steamroller in Portland, ca. 1917

Contributed by: City of Portland Dept. of Public Works Date: 1917 Location: Portland Media: Photographic print

Item 50235

Orphans doing road work, Hinckley, ca. 1920

Contributed by: L.C. Bates Museum / Good Will-Hinckley Homes Date: circa 1920 Location: Fairfield Media: Lantern slide

Tax Records

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Item 76739

117 St. John Street, Portland, 1924

Owner in 1924: Portland Rail Road Company Use: Shop - Repair

Architecture & Landscape

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Item 151818

Steele residence, York, 1995-2003

Contributed by: Maine Historical Society Date: 1995–2003 Location: York Client: Sandra Steele Architect: Philemon Sturges Architect, Inc.

Item 151842

Rockefeller residence, Falmouth Foreside, 1989-1995

Contributed by: Maine Historical Society Date: 1989–1995 Location: Falmouth Client: Richard G. Rockefeller Architect: Patrick Chasse; Landscape Design Associates
This record contains 2 images.

Item 151810

Cowan residence, Brooksville, 2013

Contributed by: Maine Historical Society Date: 2013 Location: Brooksville Clients: Sophie Sides Cowan; Douglas Cowan Architect: Elliott and Elliott Architecture

Online Exhibits

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Taber Wagon

The Taber farm wagon was an innovative design that was popular on New England farms. It made lifting potato barrels onto a wagon easier and made more efficient use of the horse's work. These images glimpse the life work of its inventor, Silas W. Taber of Houlton, and the place of his invention in the farming community

Exhibit

Designing Acadia

For one hundred years, Acadia National Park has captured the American imagination and stood as the most recognizable symbol of Maine’s important natural history and identity. This exhibit highlights Maine Memory content relating to Acadia and Mount Desert Island.

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Aroostook County Railroads

Construction of the Bangor and Aroostook rail lines into northern Aroostook County in the early twentieth century opened the region to tourism and commerce from the south.

Site Pages

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Site Page

Scarborough: They Called It Owascoag - Transportation Through the Years - Page 4 of 4

"Twenty-two of the fifty-one articles to be voted on at the meeting concerned roads.(1) Roads in more populated areas had been tarred, but more rural…"

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Scarborough: They Called It Owascoag - Catch of the Day: Clamming and Lobstering - Page 2 of 4

"… a need for more structures, trucks, a machine repair shop, employees and clam draggers. The factory was successful and ultimately employed…"

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Scarborough: They Called It Owascoag - Maritime Tales: Shipyards and Shipwrecks - Page 2 of 2

"… diary entry, Queenie commented on the Cappy being repaired. Looking for Educator Resources for this exhibit? Footnotes 1.Maine Sunday Telegram…"

My Maine Stories

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Story

Service in Bosnia, Iraq and Afghanistan by MAJ Adam R. Cote
by Adam R. Cote

Military Service has had a deep impact my life

Story

John Coyne from Waterville Enlists as a Railroad Man in WWI
by Mary D. Coyne

Description of conditions railroad men endured and family background on John Coyne.