Keywords: cable car
Item 14495
Bangor and Aroostook mail car, Derby, 1938
Contributed by: Oakfield Historical Society Date: 1938-07-07 Location: Derby Media: Photographic print
Item 29332
Chase Granite Quarry, East Blue Hill, ca. 1895
Contributed by: Blue Hill Historical Society Date: circa 1895 Location: Blue Hill Media: Photograph on paper
Item 98953
1929-2013 Forest Avenue, Portland, 1924
Owner in 1924: Riverton Realty Company Use: Amusement
Item 98958
1929-2013 Forest Avenuea, Portland, 1924
Owner in 1924: Riverton Realty Company Use: Amusement
Exhibit
The Swinging Bridge: Walking Across the Androscoggin
Built in 1892 to entice workers at the Cabot Manufacturing Corporation in Brunswick to move to newly built housing in Topsham, the Androscoggin Pedestrian "Swinging" Bridge or Le Petit Pont quickly became important to many people traveling between the two communities.
Exhibit
MY ISLAND HOME: Verlie Colby Greenleaf of Westport Island
Verlie Greenleaf (1891-1992) bore witness to over a century of Westport Island's history. Many changes occurred during Verlie's 100-year life. Verlie Greenleaf donated photographs, personal notes, and sat for an interview in 1987, all part of the Westport Island History Committee's collection. Her words frame this exhibition, providing a first-person account of her life.
Site Page
"Energy is now supplied by a submarine cable. Electricity made running water possible, and plumbing and heating changed in island houses."
Site Page
"To ride the ferry, there was a long cable across the river so the ferry could not float down the river and so the operator could pull them across in…"