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Keywords: water pumps

Historical Items

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Item 17137

Farm sink, Littleton, ca. 1910

Contributed by: Southern Aroostook Agricultural Museum Date: circa 1910 Location: Littleton Media: Iron

Item 33968

Water processing, Lubec, ca. 1955, ca. 1955

Contributed by: Lubec Historical Society Date: circa 1955 Location: Lubec Media: Photographic print

Item 28770

Water Pumping Plant, Lubec, ca. 1940, ca. 1940

Contributed by: Lubec Historical Society Date: circa 1940 Location: Lubec Media: Postcard

Tax Records

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Item 85626

Portland Water District property, Great Diamond Island, Portland, 1924

Owner in 1924: Portland Water District Use: Pump House

Item 65998

Assessor's Record, 113-157 North Street (Resevoir), Portland, 1924

Owner in 1924: Portland Water District Use: Pump House

Item 90023

Von Tilling property, Sunset Road, Cliff Island, Portland, 1924

Owner in 1924: Johannes Von Tilling Use: Pump House

Architecture & Landscape

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Item 150674

Lewiston Water Works, Pump House, Gate House, Pipe House, Lewiston, 1878

Contributed by: Maine Historical Society Date: 1878 Location: Lewiston Client: Lewiston Water Works Architect: Stevens and Coombs Architects

Item 150666

Addition to Pumping Station, Lewiston, 1894

Contributed by: Maine Historical Society Date: 1894 Location: Lewiston Client: Lewiston Water Works Architect: George M. Coombs

Item 151335

The Checkley House, Scarborough, 1895

Contributed by: Maine Historical Society Date: circa 1895 Location: Scarborough Client: unknown Architect: John Calvin Stevens

Online Exhibits

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Exhibit

Waldoboro Fire Department's 175 Years

While the town of Waldoboro was chartered in 1773, it began organized fire protection in 1838 with a volunteer fire department and a hand pump fire engine, the Water Witch.

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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.

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Laboring in Maine

Workers in Maine have labored in factories, on farms, in the woods, on the water, among other locales. Many of Maine's occupations have been determined by the state's climate and geographical features.

Site Pages

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Site Page

Swan's Island: Six miles east of ordinary - Draining the quarry

"Some of the old quarry pumps were in good condition, having been preserved over the decades by water, but deteriorated upon exposure to the air."

Site Page

Strong, a Mussul Unsquit village - Strong's History - Page 3 of 4

"­­­For several years, they maintained a water pump at the north end of town to supply a reservoir for fire protection."

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Lubec, Maine - McCurdy Herring Smokehouse - Page 4 of 4

"Pike, photo X Herring pump house: On the end of the Pickling Shed housing for another innovation was constructed."