Keywords: worker transportation
Item 12763
Fish Cannery Worker Transportation Bus, Brooklin, 1948
Contributed by: Sedgwick-Brooklin Historical Society Date: 1948 Location: Brooklin Media: Photo transparency
Item 13775
Waldo-Hancock Bridge Repairs by Maine Department of Transportation, 1960
Contributed by: Maine State Archives Date: 1960 Location: Verona; Prospect Media: Photographic print
Exhibit
History in Motion: The Era of the Electric Railways
Street railways, whether horse-drawn or electric, required the building of trestles and tracks. The new form of transportation aided industry, workers, vacationers, and other travelers.
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
Scarborough: They Called It Owascoag - Historical Overview - Page 2 of 4
"… rain caused the soil to give way and the exposed workers abandoned their effort under fire from the men in the garrison."
Site Page
Swan's Island: Six miles east of ordinary - Quarrying
"… boarding houses sprang up on the island to meet the needs of housing the workers. Eva Wheaton talks about the boarding houses in her audio."
Story
Harold's Garage, Rome Hollow, Maine
by Mimi C
Story about Harold Hawes, owner of Harold's garage and self-styled auctioneer in Rome Hollow, Maine
