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Historical Items

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Item 20499

Water Street during the Freshet of 1896

Contributed by: Pejepscot History Center Date: 1896 Location: Brunswick Media: Photographic print

Item 20493

Mill Street damage during the 1987 flood

Contributed by: Pejepscot History Center Date: 1987-04-02 Location: Topsham Media: Photographic print

Item 82222

Munjoy Hill Reservoir Break, Portland, 1893

Contributed by: Portland Water District Date: 1893 Location: Portland Media: Photographic print

Online Exhibits

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High Water

Melting snow, ice, warmer temperatures, and rain sometimes bring floods to Maine's many rivers and streams. Floods are most frequent in the spring, but can occur at any season.

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Photojournalism & the 1936 Flood

Photojournalism & the 1936 Flood examines the monumental destruction caused by the historic flood of 1936 through the comprehensive and innovative photojournalism done by the Guy Gannett Publishing Company in the weeks surrounding the flood.

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Waldoboro Fire Department's 175 Years

While the town of Waldoboro was chartered in 1773, it began organized fire protection in 1838 with a volunteer fire department and a hand pump fire engine, the Water Witch.

Site Pages

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Lubec, Maine - Timeline

"… • Lubec Marina constructed, after a series of damaging storms it was dismantled 1999 • 50 lobster/crab, 89 commercial shellfish, 54 scallop, 38…"

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Lubec, Maine - S.S. Cumberland: Steamer Brought Passengers and Prosperity to Lubec but Met Tragic End

"The damage to the cargo will be heavy.” Tragedy Strikes Abandoned following the collision, the Cumberland was eventually purchased by the Joy…"

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Lubec, Maine - Canning Sardines in Lubec: Technology, the Syndicate and Labor

"… canneries in 1911, was convinced unemployment and damage to family life resulted. 4. Perspectives on Owners and Managers Sardine Company…"

My Maine Stories

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I never thought I would work at a paper mill.
by Greg Bizier

I love science and managed the lab for International Paper's Otis Mill for 31 years.

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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.

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Vietnam Memoirs
by David Chessey

MY PERSONAL EXPERIENCES AND MY OBSERVATION OF NATIONWIDE OPINIONS CONCERNING THE “VIET NAM" WAR