Keywords: Down lines
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Site Pages
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Bath's Historic Downtown - The Sagadahock House and The Sagadahoc Block
"The break in the line could have been fixed except the company was not willing to pay more than $100 to Mr. Samuel Purrington. A.S."
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Bath's Historic Downtown - The Railroad Station
"… Kennebec River to the Knox and Lincoln railroad line that ran from Woolwich to Rockland. The earliest train ferries, the City of Rockland and the…"
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Bath's Historic Downtown - History Overview
"Its Greek-Revival lines of brick and granite sill and lintel were repeated throughout “Merchants’ Row” after the fire."
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Historic Hallowell - Day 3 - Page 1 of 2
"… another fell down and even an hour later the same line could fall down again. Also carbon monoxide poisoning kills Martin McClusky in his home in…"
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Historic Clothing Collection - Outerwear 1900-1930
"… priced at $1.98, and a similar looking satin lined black taffeta coat, called an Eton, was reduced from $5.98 to $2.98."
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Historic Hallowell - The City of Hallowell
"Police officers were dealing with downed power lines, blocking them off and removing them if they were deemed unsafe."
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Historic Hallowell - St. Matthew's Episcopal Church and the Hubbard Free Library
"But branches and power lines were down and the heat and electricity was off. Q: Did people still go to church? A: Yes, they still had services by…"
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Historic Hallowell - Ice Storm Comparisons
"In both cases, power lines were downed and trees were destroyed, people were told to stay indoors and line crews had to clean up the mess."
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Presque Isle: The Star City - Carroll's Auto Sales - Page 3 of 3
"One includes the Dinah Pinard. The Pinard was different from other cars because of how it sat so low to the ground. If you were going down a rough…"
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Thomaston: The Town that Went to Sea - Andrew Anderson
"… you wore their clothes down the line down the line down the line. And uhh… I’ve seen a couple of pictures from the past of school kids that look…"
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Historic Hallowell - Ice Storm Day 2
"… there were over one hundred Central Maine Power line crews and many other tree crews and other cleaning crews about trying to restore the damage…"
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Life on a Tidal River - Early Railroads in Bangor - Page 1 of 2
"1900Bangor Public Library This was a short line chartered March 1, 1870 to run 18.8 miles from Bangor to Bucksport."
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Thomaston: The Town that Went to Sea - Edward O'Brien moves to Thomaston - 1850s
"… world, distinguished by a broad unpainted “bright line, some six planks just below the deck beading kept unpainted and clear varnished.” O’Brien…"
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Highlighting Historical Hampden - Summer Street
"… diversity of the surviving buildings which line the tree-shaded slope from the “Lower Light” to the western bank of the Penobscot River."
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Lincoln, Maine - Telegraphs & Telephones
"For example, if Line 21 called Line 51, and Line 51 was busy, then operators had to wait until Line 51 was clean, then call Line 21 back and connect…"
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"… leaving behind ice coated streets, cars, power lines, tree limbs and many houses without heat and power."
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Swan's Island: Six miles east of ordinary - Ocean View Hotel
"… for many years and planted the trees that line both sides of the road on Steamboat Hill. Ocean View Hotel, Swan's Island, ca."
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Historic Clothing Collection - 1850-1870 - Page 3 of 4
"The weight of the heavily lined, and very expansive skirt, is carried by an attached cotton bodice designed to fit over the shoulders under the teal…"
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Historic Hallowell - Ice Storm Summary Notes
"… because they put to much weight on the power lines. This is how these two storms are alike. Written By Dallis Heflin Ice Storm Of 98’ Four out…"
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Historic Hallowell - Lineman's Journal
"When it wasn't the transmission lines, it would be the trees falling on the electrical lines which cause more and more outages."
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Skowhegan Community History - Skowhegan: "A Place To Watch"
"… great days of logging and of the many mills that lined the river banks near the falls. Twenty-first century Skowhegan now embraces new industry…"
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"… Historical Society How the long-fixed line of 1842 was created can be examined in extraordinary detail with the material in the Maine Historical…"
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Historic Hallowell - Ice Cutting and Ice Houses on the Bombahook
"A marker scratched a line for the next cut. The plow was run one way over an area and then over the other at right angles, plowing out a checkerboard…"
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Historic Hallowell - Ice Cutting and Ice Houses on the Bombahook
"A marker scratched a line for the next cut. The plow was run one way over an area and then over the other at right angles, plowing out a checkerboard…"