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Thomaston: The Town that Went to Sea - Maine State Prison

"Looking southeast toward Wadsworth Street Bridge, Thomaston, ca. 1890Thomaston Historical Society King was politically active as early as 1795 as a…"

Thomaston: The Town that Went to Sea - Early Shipbuilders - 1780s

"Lime kilns were built below the bridge on both sides of the Creek in close proximity to the first shipyards in the area."

Thomaston: The Town that Went to Sea - Shipbuilding

"Lime kilns were built below the bridge on both sides of the Creek in close proximity to the first shipyards in the area."

Biddeford History & Heritage Project - V. A Cascade of Booms & Busts (1790-1865) - Page 1 of 3

"Spring built bridges connecting the Island to Biddeford and Pepperellborough 1795-8. Captain Bradbury built a fulling mill on Spring's Island for the…"

Scarborough: They Called It Owascoag - Scarborough Marsh: "Land of Much Grass" - Page 4 of 4

"Fogg, John D., and Anne Bridges. “Salt Marsh Dykes as a Factor in Eastern Maine Agriculture.” Maine Historical Society Quarterly, Vol. 21. No."

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Swan's Island: Six miles east of ordinary - Caring For Our Families and Friends

"There is a note in our reading that Clarissa Bridges served as a midwife for at least a decade beginning in 1880."

Guilford, Maine - Modern History: 1966 to Present

"Two new bridges were built, the library was renovated, and zoning ordinances were drafted, but not accepted so the entire planning board resigned in…"

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…"

Guilford, Maine - Historic Buildings - Page 1 of 2

"The entrance to the covered bridge is on the right of this photo. Bank Square, Guilford, ca. 1880Guilford Historical Society Bank Square -…"

Historic Hallowell - Early Industry and Bombahook

"Webber, Sr., an individual partner Stone Bridge over Vaughan Brook. Vaughan Brook tumbled into the Kennebec on the north side of Sheppard's…"

Historic Hallowell - Hallowell Floods Citations

"… Staff Photographer Catches Richmond-Dresden Bridge Collapse.” Kennebec Journal, 13 Mar. 1936, Maine Flood Disaster of Friday, the 13th of March…"

Thomaston: The Town that Went to Sea - Early Wharves and Yards - 1795 to 1825

"wharf, east of the Wadsworth Street bridge. As with houses, names of wharves and shipyards continually changed with property ownership."

Thomaston: The Town that Went to Sea - JP Cilley Ledger From Post

"§ Participated in the Battle of High Bridges April 6 – 7, 1865 § Participated in the Battle of Farmville April 7, 1865 § Participated in the Battle…"

Life on a Tidal River - Early Railroads in Bangor - Page 2 of 2

"Web. Tin Bridge Wreck Bangor Daily Whig and Courier (Newspaper) August 10, 1871. Bangor Public Library. Microfilm."

Biddeford History & Heritage Project - IV. Engulfed by nationalism: Revolutionary Biddeford

"Prior to the building of the first bridge in 1758, the only way to cross the river was by ferry. The "lower ferry" was down by the mouth of the…"

Biddeford History & Heritage Project - VI. The deluge of industrial expansion & immigration (1865-1900) - Page 1 of 2

"… Illinois and the foundations of the Brooklyn Bridge. The Andrews' supplied granite to big local projects as well."

Guilford, Maine - BUSINESSES - Page 2 of 3

"… old slaughterhouse up in front of Low’s Covered Bridge. That slaughterhouse was torn down many years ago."

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

"long bridge from the top of the dam to the gatehouse. The gatehouse was to be of a circular form with a 10 foot interior diameter."

Western Maine Foothills Region - Ridlonville

"… in 1936 came along and wiped out the Ridlonville Bridge. Many homes and businesses along the Androscoggin were destroyed, some never to be rebuilt."

Guilford, Maine - The Next Fifty Years 1916-1966

"Temporary Foot Bridge, Guilford, 1954Guilford Historical Society In the early 1950’s the construction for a new steel and concrete bridge was…"

Scarborough: They Called It Owascoag - Maritime Tales: Shipyards and Shipwrecks - Page 1 of 2

"Before roads, railroad bridges and tide gates, ocean water overflowed the marsh at high tide. Boats were able to sail up the Scarborough River and…"

Western Maine Foothills Region - Building Boom and Piers above the Falls

"… be seen the Androscoggin river, above the High Bridge, in the Virginia Area of Rumford. Here is the letter from Waldo Pettengill to Hugh J."

Maine's Swedish Colony, July 23, 1870 - Industry

"After 1900, when the first permanent bridge across the stream in the community was constructed, settlement and development of Stockholm (in both…"