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Historic Hallowell - Hallowell Floods

"Written by William Lewis In 1936, a major flood came upon the Kennebec River. The flood was a total disaster to the surrounding areas."

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Historic Hallowell - Hallowell Floods Citations

"1936, Maine Flood Disaster of Friday, the 13th of March, 1936 Kennebec Journal, Steven Cartwright, Hubbard Free plans renovations Maine Sunday…"

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Historic Hallowell - Commerce on the Kennebec Citations

"1936, Maine Flood Disaster of Friday, the 13th of March, 1936 Kennebec Journal, Steven Cartwright, Hubbard Free plans renovations Maine Sunday…"

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Portland Press Herald Glass Negative Collection - Crime & Disaster - Page 2 of 2

"Floods In March of 1936, New England experienced extreme rainfall, resulting in one of the worst floods on record for the region."

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Historic Hallowell - Hallowell History Bibliography

"Mattituck, N.Y.: E.P. Dutton & Co., 1936. Craig, Murray C. Benjamin Vaughan (1751-1835): The Life of an Anglo-American Intellectual."

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Guilford, Maine - EVENTS - Page 2 of 3

"The Piscataquis River flooded again. This time the damage was caused by ice jams. The peek reached its highest point on Friday, the day after the…"

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Western Maine Foothills Region - Ridlonville

"The Flood of 1936, Ridlonville to Rumford bridgeMexico Historical Society After the Depression things began to look up."

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Western Maine Foothills Region - Rumford - Page 3 of 4

"The most notorious flood happened in March, 1936, when the Business Island was flooded; the Morse bridge, the steel Rumford Falls Bridge, the…"

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Skowhegan History House

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Guilford, Maine - The Next Fifty Years 1916-1966

"Another flood in March 1936 caused more extensive damage to Guilford’s industries, and residences. Guilford Community Theatre, 1939Guilford…"

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Guilford, Maine - Historic Buildings - Page 2 of 2

"The tea house was mostly destroyed and is not here today. Guilford Hardware moved to the site around 1980 and suffered great damage during the flood…"

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Guilford, Maine - Early Manufacturing - Page 2 of 3

"In 1936, Willard Cummings assumed leadership at the trustees request and accomplished what many said could not be done."

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Skowhegan Community History - The Skowhegan Island

"Another bridge was built higher this time but in 1936, that bridge was washed out by a flood as well."

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Western Maine Foothills Region - For The Love Of Paper - Page 2 of 4

"… coupled with the major flooding of the rivers in 1936, left the Oxford Paper Co. with little profit."

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Bath's Historic Downtown - History Overview

"Grant department store in 1936, and major changes on Front Street between Elm and Summer Streets where another fire seriously damaged the Columbia…"

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Eastern Maine Medical Center

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