Maine Memory Network

Atlantic Wharf, Rockland, ca. 1875

Contributed by: Rockland Historical Society Date: circa 1875 Location: Rockland Media: Stereograph

Pacific Street looking north, Rockland, ca. 1875

Contributed by: Rockland Historical Society Date: circa 1875 Location: Rockland Media: Stereograph

Promoting Rockland Through a Stereopticon, 1875

Frank Crockett and photographer J.P. Armbrust took stereo views of Rockland's downtown, industry, and notable homes in the 1870s as a way to promote tourism to the town.

The Trolley Parks of Maine

At the heyday of trolleys in Maine, many of the trolley companies developed recreational facilities along or at the end of trolley lines as one further way to encourage ridership. The parks often had walking paths, dance pavilions, and various other entertainments. Cutting-edge technology came together with a thirst for adventure and forever changed social dynamics in the process.

Bath's Historic Downtown - The Railroad Station

"… railroad station, just south of downtown at the south end of Commercial Street, was built in 1941."

Thomaston: The Town that Went to Sea - 1850 to 1870

"… due to the separation of South Thomaston and Rockland in 1848, the population leveled off and remained at 3,000 over the next several decades."