Maine Memory Network

Historic Hallowell - Hallowell Floods

"The Huang He (or Yellow River) flooded between July and November of 1887, and caused roughly 900,000 deaths in China."

Historic Hallowell - Hallowell Floods Citations

"… VIDEO: WGME, News Channel 13 1987, Flood of 1987 NEWSPAPERS: Bangor Daily News, Friday, April 1st, 1988, Jeff Strout, Joan Smith, T.J."

Historic Hallowell - Commerce on the Kennebec Citations

"… VIDEO: WGME, News Channel 13 1987, Flood of 1987 NEWSPAPERS: Bangor Daily News, Friday, April 1st, 1988, Jeff Strout, Joan Smith, T.J."

Historic Hallowell - Disasters - Natural and Man-made

"They chose the Flood of 1987 and the Ice Storm of 1998 as primary events but also chose the Hurricanes of 1954, the Blizzard of 1952, the train wreck…"

Guilford, Maine - EVENTS - Page 2 of 3

"… of historical objects lost in these floods, the flood of 1926, the flood of 1934, and last but not least the flood of 1987 and those objects…"

Guilford, Maine - MANUFACTURING - Page 2 of 2

"In the flood of 1987, they had to put new windows in the lower floors. Guilford Woolen Mill Finishing Room Crew, ca, 1890Guilford Historical…"

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…"

Guilford, Maine - Early Manufacturing - Page 3 of 3

"The great flood of 1987 dealt a devastating blow to the operation, ruining tons of inventory other than finished goods, and damaging machinery and…"

Guilford, Maine - PEOPLE

"… stood for 131 years until a flood took it out in 1987. It was re-built soon after. Moses Guilford Low Bronson Bateman Taylor Renner The first…"

Guilford, Maine - Modern History: 1966 to Present

"Low's Bridge Flood of 1987 X The town’s mettle was tested on April Fool’s Day in 1987, however, when the greatest flood in our history struck…"

Guilford, Maine - Historic Buildings - Page 2 of 2

"… and suffered great damage during the flood of 1987. Lovell's Guilford Hardware still occupies the site today."

Guilford, Maine - BUILDINGS - Page 3 of 5

"After the flood of 1987, Dwinal Hall and William Hume of Guilford organized the effort to rebuild the bridge once again, at the cost of $625,000."

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