Keywords: sewer, 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 109357
House on Craigie Street for Clifton M. Foss, Portland, 1924
Contributed by: Maine Historical Society Date: 1924 Location: Portland; Portland Client: Clifton M. Foss Architect: John Calvin Stevens and John Howard Stevens 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
Home: The Wadsworth-Longfellow House and Portland - The Privy
"In 1874, sewers came to Brown Street. Corey probably added a water closet and bathroom with running water."
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City of Portland Department of Public Works
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"… including upgrading of the water, electric and sewer systems and a new municipal building. This period of prosperity also led to the expansion and…"