Maine Memory Network

Strong, a Mussul Unsquit village - Strong's History - Page 3 of 4

"After that incident, some shale lodged in the pipe, causing a partial blockage. This incident, along with increased demands to the system, required…"

Western Maine Foothills Region - Mt. Zircon Reservoir - Page 3 of 3

"By November 16, 1914, the “water from Mt. Zircon supply was first turned into the pipes for general use."

Historic Hallowell - Industry at the Mouth of the Vaughan Stream

"To use the water, they piped it from a dam into a pipe that came down from a dam and powered the turbine at the other end."

Thomaston: The Town that Went to Sea - Prison Fires - 1849 to 1924

"In 1887 the Legislature voted to have water piped to the prison by the Camden and Rockland Water Company."

Historic Hallowell - The Vaughan Stream & Sawmills

"While it was in this tube, the water was so heavy that it turned a turbine which turned a set of gears which generated power."

Western Maine Foothills Region - Mt. Zircon Reservoir - Page 2 of 3

"McGregor while laying the main 24” pipe, and the onset of the winter of 1913-1914, work was stopped until the spring of 1914."

Western Maine Foothills Region - Fires in Rumford

"Although both the International Paper Company and the Oxford Paper Company shut down their operations requiring water usage, the amount of water was…"

Guilford, Maine - BUILDINGS - Page 2 of 5

"… after it was built, they raised $944 to buy new pipes and hydrants. The first equipment they had was one linen hose, one two-wheeled hose reel that…"

Western Maine Foothills Region - For The Love Of Paper - Page 3 of 4

"… supply lines and many miles of stainless steel pipe, was installed to deliver the purest of waters to all departments."

Mount Desert Island: Shaped by Nature - Guiding Services for Sport Hunters

"… paddler simply wanted matches to light his pipe. In short, as one local put it, “A birch canoe was a good boat if there was an Indian in it.”…"

Guilford, Maine - Pre-Settlement And The First 100 Years

"… Mass bought the necessary material to build a piping system from Bennett Pond in Parkman to Guilford."

Mount Desert Island: Shaped by Nature - More on the Old Ell

"… water was a seasonal affair through above-ground pipes; in the winter one needed to fetch fresh water by taking buckets down to the brook next to…"

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