Maine Memory Network

Scarborough: They Called It Owascoag - Historical Overview - Page 1 of 4

"Space for fish stages and wood to build them were needed and were plentiful along the Maine coast. Territory for fish stages was allotted on a…"

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

"… the Maine Turnpike Authority, for the purpose of building a super highway.(8) The first section of highway opened in 1947 between Kittery and…"

Scarborough: They Called It Owascoag - A Look Inside the Classroom Over Time - Page 3 of 4

"… education, not only for its content, but for building basic reading skills. Much of the school day was devoted to memorizing and reciting passages…"

Historic Hallowell - Shipping

"… ship building to put in between the planks of the boats floor. When they shipped all of the items it would all come from Boston."

Historic Hallowell - Hurricanes Of 1954 - Stories and Timelines

"Hundreds of trees were knocked down. Also, boats and the Kennebec Yacht Club were endangered. The public utilities were destroyed and repair crews…"

Historic Hallowell - Hallowell Floods

"and blocked transportation for everyone, even by boat. Although these situations occurred, the people of Hallowell were not alone."

Historic Hallowell - Ice Cutting and Ice Houses on the Bombahook

"… the Vaughan Stream, and where the Hallowell boat landing is today. They served as the holding place of the ice before they went to other states or…"

Historic Hallowell - Ice Cutting and Ice Houses on the Bombahook

"… the Vaughan Stream, and where the Hallowell boat landing is today. They served as the holding place of the ice before they went to other states or…"

Thomaston: The Town that Went to Sea - Woodrow Wilson

"… of the crew members had one boat on one side, my boat was on the other side, in order to get the boat overboard."

Islesboro--An Island in Penobscot Bay - Map of Islesboro

"… Map of Islesboro map of Islesboro  X"

Islesboro--An Island in Penobscot Bay - Our Resources

"Our Resources ISLESBORO COMMUNITY RESOURCES INVENTORY All addresses are for Islesboro, Maine 04848, area code 207 unless otherwise noted."

Islesboro--An Island in Penobscot Bay - About Us

"About Us Grindle Point Lighthouse X TEAM ISLESBORO’S PROCESS From the start, Islesboro stressed student participation and community involvement."

Presque Isle: The Star City - Transportation

"John River in Durham boats. In the 1830's the Military Road was built from Bangor to Houlton and later to points north."

Guilford, Maine - Veterans Tributes - Page 2 of 2

"The trip was anything but routine and the boat she was on was torpedoed and sunk. Mattie and other survivors spent ten hours in a lifeboat before…"

Maine's Swedish Colony, July 23, 1870 - Landeen Family History

"She was born in 1889. She came by boat and she celebrated her birthday at sea. When she came to New Sweden it was her and her uncle."

Thomaston: The Town that Went to Sea - Shipbuilding Industry Expands - 1850 to 1857

"… rigging and gear used to work the sails of the boat) were configured and set up by riggers. A ropewalk situated on the eastern bank of Mill…"

Historic Hallowell - Hallowell Waterfront - Page 2 of 2

"Wharfs were used for launching boats off of a ramp. The boats that were launched from the wharf would occasionally transfer passengers from one place…"

Historic Hallowell - Ship Parts

"… two years, until they were ready to be put on a boat. Sails were made by long, thin strips of cloth that were woven together by hand (until the…"

Historic Hallowell - A Bay State Exodus

"… District of Maine, and a three dollar fare on a boat could get a man from Massachusetts to the Kennebec valley."

Historic Hallowell - Meeting at Koussinok

"… Free Library Late in the fall of 1625 a small boat with seven men aboard slowly made its way up the Kennebec River."

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 - Whaling

"… "On that day the bark Anna of Bremen sent a boat to investigate a capsized schooner off Bermuda in a region swept by heavy gales two days earlier…"

Historic Hallowell - Schooners, Steamers, Ships and Tankers

"Both boats were bought by the government, hauled into the Casco Bay, and sank in the harbor as protection of enemy subs."

Lincoln, Maine - Steamboats

"The back of the boat carries all of our luggage. It takes a long time to get to Lincoln because the steamboat goes really slow."