Keywords: water works
Item 33336
Dam and Water Works, Bangor, ca. 1881
Contributed by: Bangor Public Library Date: circa 1881 Location: Bangor Media: Stereograph
Item 81553
Portland Water District Casco Street office, 1964
Contributed by: Portland Water District Date: circa 1964 Location: Portland Media: Photographic print
Item 109738
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 109731
Lewiston Water Works Electric Light Station and Gate, Lewiston, 1878-1907
Contributed by: Maine Historical Society Date: 1878–1907 Location: Lewiston Client: Lewiston Water Works Architect: George M. Coombs; Stevens and Coombs Architects
Exhibit
Putting Men to Work, Saving Trees
While many Mainers were averse to accepting federal relief money during the Great Depression of the 1930s, young men eagerly joined the Civilian Conservation Corps, one of President Franklin Roosevelt's most popular programs. The Maine Forest Service supervised the work of many of the camps.
Exhibit
Princeton: Woods and Water Built This Town
Princeton benefited from its location on a river -- the St. Croix -- that was useful for transportation of people and lumber and for powering mills as well as on its proximity to forests.
Site Page
Lubec, Maine - Klondike: Lubec's Gold from Sea Water Hoax
"During that time the water, chemicals, and electricity had time to work their magic.” Apparently, nothing more elaborate than a cast iron pot was at…"
Site Page
Islesboro--An Island in Penobscot Bay - Water Transportation
"Water Transportation Text by David Thibodeau Ship Compass, Islesboro, ca. 1940Islesboro Historical Society SInce arriving in the 18th century…"
Story
I never thought I would work at a paper mill.
by Greg Bizier
I love science and managed the lab for International Paper's Otis Mill for 31 years.
Story
A Story in a Stick
by Jim Moulton
A story about dowsing for a well in Bowdoin