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Historic Hallowell - Hallowell Floods

"… issues, Hallowell had also lost the bridge connecting Hallowell to Chelsea. Many people could not trade or communicate without these important…"

Historic Hallowell - Hallowell Floods Citations

"D., Kennebec River Flood, Business district, Hallowell, 1870, Hallowell ME, 1870, http://www.mainememory.net/bin/Detail?ln=29193…"

Historic Hallowell - Solid Foundations - Hallowell Granite

"1865Hubbard Free Library Many of America's finest public monuments were cut from Hallowell granite and sculpted by her artisans, but why stone from…"

Historic Hallowell - Hallowell Waterfront - Page 2 of 2

"The wharf played an important role in Hallowell's shipping and trade industry. Hallowell-Chelsea Ferry, Kennebec River, ca."

Historic Hallowell - Kennebec Wire Company

"Arch Bridge, Vaughan Woods, Hallowell, ca. 1932Courtesy of Sumner A. Webber, Sr., an individual partner Later, the Hallowell Light and Power Company…"

Historic Hallowell - Hallowell Waterfront - Page 1 of 2

"When the new Chelsea bridge was built, some big boats couldn't get through. So in time, the waterfront was used less and less."

Historic Hallowell - In the Beginning - Raw Materials - Quarrying

"1865Hubbard Free Library Hains Ledge Quarry, Lithgow Hill, Hallowell, ca. 1890Hubbard Free Library Communities grow where nature provides raw…"

Historic Hallowell - News Article by Emily Markham

"The Hallowell-Chelsea bridge was also swept away and destroyed in not time at all. Ice jams of the river had tore walls off riverside buildings…"

Historic Hallowell - Commerce on the Kennebec Citations

"Snell, Katherine H and Vincent P. Ledew. Historic Hallowell. Hallowell: The Kennebec Journal Print Shop, 1962. The History of Whaling. n.d. R.O.I."

Historic Hallowell - Early Industry and Bombahook

"The Hallowell Cotton Mill can be seen in the background. Maine's domeless State House in Augusta can be seen center right in the distance just above…"

Historic Hallowell - The Vaughan Stream & Sawmills

"1930 Arch Bridge built from Wire Mill Dam on Vaughan Stream.Courtesy of Sumner A. Webber, Sr., an individual partner Josh Crockett, Cole Leighton &…"

Historic Hallowell - A Post-Revolutionary Generation

"Elizabeth Palmer Peabody -- Hallowell Blue Stocking. Benjamin Vaughan wanted the females in his family to be well informed and exposed to liberal…"

New Portland: Bridging the Past to the Future - Bridges of West New Portland

"Gould Hill Bridge: The Gould Hill Bridge, also known as on of the Twin Bridges, was also constructed by the Maine State Highway Commission."

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Farmington: Franklin County's Shiretown - The Abbott School

"… that Jacob had started on the property, built bridges modeled after famous bridges throughout the world, added shrubs and trees creating a virtual…"

Thomaston: The Town that Went to Sea - Emerson Letter

"… Transcription Camp of Maine 4th Near Bottoms Bridge Eight Miles from Richmond May 27, 1862 Friend Marietta Camp of ME 4th Near Bottoms Bridge…"

Cumberland & North Yarmouth - "Main Streets" of North Yarmouth and Cumberland

"… road that would run north from North Yarmouth to Hallowell, a road to be known as the Hallowell Road."

Farmington: Franklin County's Shiretown - Brief History

"2 & 4 bridge to imagine it strong enough to move mammoth chunks of ice and snow during the spring flood season."