Keywords: civil engineers, Portland
Item 148225
Portland Civil Engineers at Pearl Street sewer, Portland, 1887
Contributed by: City of Portland - Planning & Development Date: 1887-10-28 Location: Portland Media: Photographic print
Item 148222
Portland civil engineers surveying Pearl Street sewer, Portland, 1887
Contributed by: City of Portland - Planning & Development Date: 1887-10-28 Location: Portland Media: Photographic print
Item 110759
Plans for Warehouse Building, Portland, 1917-1946
Contributed by: Maine Historical Society Date: 1917–1946 Location: Portland Client: Burnham and Morrill Co. Architect: John Howard Stevens; John Howard Stevens and John Calvin Stevens II Architects
Item 116611
Trinity Church parish house, Portland, 1948-1951
Contributed by: Maine Historical Society Date: 1948–1951 Location: Portland; Portland; Portland Client: Trinity Realty Corp. Architect: John Howard Stevens and John Calvin Stevens II Architects
Exhibit
Home: The Longfellow House & the Emergence of Portland
The Wadsworth-Longfellow house is the oldest building on the Portland peninsula, the first historic site in Maine, a National Historic Landmark, home to three generations of Wadsworth and Longfellow family members -- including the boyhood home of the poet Henry Wadsworth Longfellow. The history of the house and its inhabitants provide a unique view of the growth and changes of Portland -- as well as of the immediate surroundings of the home.
Exhibit
The Waldo-Hancock Bridge is in the process of being dismantled after over 70 years of service. The Maine State Archives has a number of records related to the history of this famous bridge that are presented in this exhibition.
Site Page
New Portland: Bridging the Past to the Future - Bridges of West New Portland
"… Bridge was dedicated as a Maine Historic Civil Engineering Landmark and a plaque was installed at the site. Information obtained from Mr."
Site Page
New Portland: Bridging the Past to the Future - New Portland: Bridging the Past to the Future
"The name "New" Portland was thus due to its roots to the original Portland. People came to live there in 1783, but the town was officially…"
Story
Monument Square 1967
by C. Michael Lewis
The background story and research behind a commissioned painting of Monument Square.
