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Lubec, Maine - Building the Roosevelt Bridge to Campobello - Page 1 of 3

"The Callahan boat operator slacked off the engine and a worker threw a rope, which became entangled in the outboard engine of the flat bottom boat…"

Lubec, Maine - S.S. Cumberland: Steamer Brought Passengers and Prosperity to Lubec but Met Tragic End

"The 1,000-horsepower engine was capable of a speed of up to 12 knots. Its regular route was the Providence – to – New York run."

New Portland: Bridging the Past to the Future - North New Portland Village Schools

"… school housed New Portland students from grades K-8. When Maine district 74 constructed Carrabec Community School in North Anson, the 6th, 7th, and…"

New Portland: Bridging the Past to the Future - East New Portland Village

"… building from 1888 until its closure on September 8, 1967. Harold Atwood was the postmaster for many of those years."

New Portland: Bridging the Past to the Future - New Portland Community Library

"Ground was broken in June, 2005 and on April 8, 2006 the New Portland Community Library was officially opened."

Scarborough: They Called It Owascoag - Catch of the Day: Clamming and Lobstering - Page 4 of 4

"Larger fiberglass boats; more powerful diesel engines; and modern equipment, such as hydraulic pot haulers, GPS, radar, etc., enable the lobster…"

Scarborough: They Called It Owascoag - Roads: From Footpaths to Super Highway

"The highway has been designated a national civil engineering landmark. Looking for Educator Resources for this exhibit? Source Notes 1. William S."

Lubec, Maine - Lubec's 1911 Centennial Celebration - Page 2 of 2

"… Historical Society The day concluded with a fine parade, more athletics and concerts, and a “Grand Pyrotechnic Display” as dusk settled at 8:30."

Lubec, Maine - Lubec History

"… of the survey of North Lubec, Plantation #8, made by Solomon Cushing in April, 1795. It is the earliest map of North Lubec, known as Soward's Neck…"

Strong, a Mussul Unsquit village - National Blue Ribbon School

"… renovation and expansion that would provide 8,000 square feet of new space at the school. The project represented four years of effort by…"

Lubec, Maine - Canning Sardines in Lubec: Technology, the Syndicate and Labor

"… later in Seacoast Canning Co., as Plants 9 and 8. Photographs taken in the 1880s by T. W. Smillie of the U. S. National Museum in Washington, D."

Strong, a Mussul Unsquit village - The Bridge That Changed The Map

"For stability, 8”x 8” timbers were attached beneath the floor beams in a linear fashion for the entire span of 254’ between the towers."

Strong, a Mussul Unsquit village - Early Schools

"… known as Pond Road near Norton Hill Road Dist.# 8 - Taylor Hill was the location of another rural school for a time."

Strong, a Mussul Unsquit village - Other Recreation

"The fisherman would go out and sometimes catch 8-10 fish a day. These days, people will catch one or two fish a day."

Strong, a Mussul Unsquit village - Soldiers Of The Civil War

"… a farmer in Strong after the war and died June 8, 1915, and is buried with his wife, who died two years later, in the Strong Village Cemetery."

Scarborough: They Called It Owascoag - Scarbrough Middle School

"… School has more than 800 students in grades 6-8. Its philosophy is based on the "school-within-a-school" concept."

Scarborough: They Called It Owascoag - A Look Inside the Classroom Over Time - Page 1 of 4

"… Historical Society & Museum Testing Ian, grade 8 School items on display at the Scarborough Historical Society X Student testing has…"

Scarborough: They Called It Owascoag - A Look Inside the Classroom Over Time - Page 4 of 4

"Homework Emily, grade 8 Scottow's Hill One Room School Students, ca. 1920Scarborough Historical Society & Museum Attitudes towards homework in…"

Millinocket Fire Department

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Scarborough: They Called It Owascoag - Catch of the Day: Clamming and Lobstering - Page 1 of 4

"… and other companies canned and shipped 3,000 to 8,000 bushels of clams. Burnham & Morrill moved its clam packing business to Portland in 1897, but…"

Scarborough: They Called It Owascoag - Transportation Through the Years - Page 3 of 4

"This school, which opened on 8 April 1930, was the first in the nation to offer a campus-like flying school."

Scarborough: They Called It Owascoag - Transportation Through the Years - Page 1 of 4

"… Hodgdon, “The Way It Was,” American Journal, 8 November 1995. 6.Susan Dudley Gold, ed., Scarborough at 350: Linking the Past to the Present…"

Early Maine Photography - Landscape Photography - Page 1 of 3

"Landscape Photography Casco Engine Co. No. 1 firemen's muster and parade, Portland, 1846Maine Historical Society The Maine Historical Society…"

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

"A survey of the steam power to drive the steam engines of each paper machine, dry the paper, cook the pulp, and heat the buildings found a need for a…"