Maine Memory Network

Town of Eden vault door, ca. 1900

Contributed by: Bar Harbor Fire Department Date: circa 1900 Location: Bar Harbor Media: Metal

Arrival of the vault, Sanford, 1915

Contributed by: Sanford-Springvale Historical Society Date: 1915-01-14 Location: Sanford Media: Print from Glass Negative

2-82 Fore Street, Portland, 1924

Owner in 1924: Portland Company Use: Storage - Vault

Assessor's Record, 153 Fore Street, Portland, 1924

Owner in 1924: Thomas Laughlin Company Use: Die Vault

Plan of Receiving Vault, Durham, ca. 1933

Contributed by: Maine Historical Society Date: circa 1933 Location: Durham Client: unknown Architect: George M. Coombs

Court House, Bangor, ca. 1888

Contributed by: Maine Historical Society Date: circa 1888 Location: Bangor Client: City of Bangor Architect: George M. Coombs

Home: The Wadsworth-Longfellow House and Portland - The Privy

"… wasn’t space to do this so a permanent "privy vault" was constructed of wood, brick, or stone. Workers removed the "night soil" when the privy was…"

Walter Wyman and River Power

Walter Wyman's vision to capture the power of Maine's rivers to produce electricity led to the formation of Central Maine Power Co. and to a struggle within the state over what should happen to the power produced by the state's natural resources.

Farmington: Franklin County's Shiretown - Culture

"… building, one of the architectural features was a vault where items deemed valuable and irreplaceable by Farmington's citizens could be housed."

Northeast Historic Film

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Biddeford City Hall: an in-depth tour of this iconic building
by Biddeford Cultural & Heritage Center Voices of Biddeford project

Visual tour and unique insights of Biddeford’s historical landmark