Keywords: tank car
Item 103603
Oil tank car fire, Kennebec Street, Portland, ca. 1935
Contributed by: Maine Historical Society/MaineToday Media Date: circa 1935 Location: Portland Media: Glass Negative
Item 17316
Railroad Hazardous Materials Training Exercise, 1960
Contributed by: Oakfield Historical Society Date: 1960 Media: Photographic print
Exhibit
Harry Lyon: An Old Sea Dog Takes to the Air
Through a chance meeting, Harry Lyon of Paris Hill became the navigator on the 1928 flight of the Southern Cross, the first trans-Pacific flight. His skill as a navigator, despite his lack of experience, was a key factor on the flight's success.
Exhibit
"We are growing to be somewhat cosmopolitan..." Waterville, 1911
Between 1870 and 1911, Waterville more than doubled in size, becoming a center of manufacturing, transportation, and the retail trade and offering a variety of entertainments for its residents.
Site Page
Presque Isle: The Star City - Carroll's Auto Sales - Page 3 of 3
"The only colors in cars they made during the war were black and brown unlike the cars of today. The reason they made dark colors is so that airplanes…"
Site Page
Mantor Library, University of Maine Farmington
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Story
My father, Earle Ahlquist, served during World War II
by Earlene Chadbourne
Earle Ahlquist used his Maine common sense during his Marine service and to survive Iwo Jima
Story
A Maine Family's story of being Prisoners of War in Manila
by Nicki Griffin
As a child, born after the war, I would hear these stories - glad they were finally written down
