Keywords: Trucking Companies
Item 82216
J. C. Robicheaw & Sons seat delivery, Westbrook, ca. 1940
Contributed by: Walker Memorial Library Date: circa 1940 Location: Westbrook Media: Photographic print
Item 17998
Bangor and Aroostook Railroad intermodal transfer facility, ca. 1965
Contributed by: Oakfield Historical Society Date: circa 1965 Media: Photographic print
Item 86747
Shelter for trucks, Merrills Wharf, Portland, 1924
Owner in 1924: The Twitchell Champlin Company Use: Shelter for trucks
Item 36570
48 Pleasant Street, Portland, 1924
Owner in 1924: Martin S O'Hare Use: Public Garage
Item 111337
Grand Truck Railway Terminal, Portland, 1910
Contributed by: Maine Historical Society Date: 1910 Location: Portland Client: unknown Architect: John Calvin Stevens
Exhibit
Sagadahoc County through the Eastern Eye
The Eastern Illustrating and Publishing Company of Belfast, Maine. employed photographers who traveled by company vehicle through New England each summer, taking pictures of towns and cities, vacation spots and tourist attractions, working waterfronts and local industries, and other subjects postcard recipients might enjoy. The cards were printed by the millions in Belfast into the 1940s.
Exhibit
Paper has shaped Maine's economy, molded individual and community identities, and impacted the environment throughout Maine. When Hugh Chisholm opened the Otis Falls Pulp Company in Jay in 1888, the mill was one of the most modern paper-making facilities in the country, and was connected to national and global markets. For the next century, Maine was an international leader in the manufacture of pulp and paper.
Site Page
Bath's Historic Downtown - Ledyard Block
"… Fire Department was built on, which housed the #8 truck and the City of Bath water tanks. James C. Ledyard was also personally asked by Mr."
Site Page
Scarborough: They Called It Owascoag - Transportation Through the Years - Page 4 of 4
"McCann and Sons, a company that built fire trucks. The company was founded in Portland in 1872, and at one time was only one of seven such companies…"
Story
Harold's Garage, Rome Hollow, Maine
by Mimi C
Story about Harold Hawes, owner of Harold's garage and self-styled auctioneer in Rome Hollow, Maine
Story
Monument Square 1967
by C. Michael Lewis
The background story and research behind a commissioned painting of Monument Square.