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Item 6687

Lewiston Falls, flood of 1936

Contributed by: Androscoggin Historical Society Date: circa 1936 Location: Lewiston; Auburn Media: Photographic print

Item 148254

Flooded Androscoggin River, 1936

Contributed by: Maine Historical Society/MaineToday Media Date: 1936-03-20 Location: Lewiston; Auburn Media: glass plate negative

Item 103922

Pepperell Mill canal, Biddeford, 2017

Contributed by: Biddeford Mills Museum Date: circa 1842 Location: Biddeford Media: Digital photograph

Online Exhibits

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Princeton: Woods and Water Built This Town

Princeton benefited from its location on a river -- the St. Croix -- that was useful for transportation of people and lumber and for powering mills as well as on its proximity to forests.

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Rum, Riot, and Reform - 1620 to 1820: New England's Great Secret

"Benjamin Rush of Philadelphia, a leading physician, helped introduce the notion that alcohol was not always a medicine."

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Pepperell Manufacturing fire insurance map, 1929

Biddeford, Saco and the Textile Industry

The largest textile factory in the country reached seven stories up on the banks of the Saco River in 1825, ushering in more than a century of making cloth in Biddeford and Saco. Along with the industry came larger populations and commercial, retail, social, and cultural growth.

Site Pages

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Lubec, Maine - Klondike: Lubec's Gold from Sea Water Hoax

"… need of a trip to Alaska!” (The Alaskan Gold Rush was in full swing at this time, the major difference being that actual gold was being found…"

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Lubec, Maine - The Gardner Lake Tragedy - Page 1 of 2

"… Confusion bore conflicting accounts in the rush to rescue. The Lubec Herald says that “”Miss Stella Burhoe plunged in and succeeded in saving…"