Maine Memory Network

Truck barricade at Dysarts Fuel Stop, Hermon 1979

Contributed by: Maine Historical Society Date: 1979-06-14 Location: Bangor; Hermon Media: Photographic print

Planes taking on fuel, Old Orchard Beach, 1924

Contributed by: Old Orchard Beach Historical Society Date: 1924-09-06 Location: Old Orchard Beach Media: Photographic print

Fuel Stop, Thompsons Point, Portland, 1924

Owner in 1924: The Portland & Ogdensburg Railroad Use: Fuel Stop

Assessor's Record, Storage for fuel etc., North side of Ashmont Avenue, Portland, 1924

Owner in 1924: Portland Terminal Company Use: Storage for fuel etc.

Nuclear Energy for Maine?

Maine Yankee Nuclear Power Plant in Wiscasset generated electricity from 1972 until 1996. Activists concerned about the plant's safety led three unsuccessful referendum campaigns in the 1980s to shut it down.

Protests

Throughout the history of the state, residents have protested, on paper or in the streets, to increase rights for various groups, to effect social change, to prevent social change, or to let their feelings be known about important issues.

Historic Hallowell - Solid Foundations - Lasting Legacies

"Explore the enterprises that fueled the economy and the trades that helped pay the way. Open the doors of their homes and the secrets of their health."

Beyond Borders - Mapping Maine and the Northeast Boundary - Beyond Borders: an historical overview - Page 5 of 6

"… in 1820, these competing notions of property fueled widespread settler resistance, often violent, against the demands of elite proprietors."

Keeping Dance and Music Alive
by Cindy Larock

Cindy Larock's involvement in the traditional music and dance scene in Maine for over 40 years.

Seawolf Outhouse Robbery
by Roger Ek, Seawolf 25

How necessity creates invention, and the moving of an outhouse in Vietnam.