Maine Memory Network

Strong, a Mussul Unsquit village - About MCHP

"About MCHP X About the Maine Community Heritage Project... The Maine Community Heritage Project (MCHP), a partnership between Maine…"

Strong, a Mussul Unsquit village - Online Exhibits

"Online Exhibits Our MCHP Team has put together the following exhibits. We hope that you enjoy exploring them as much as we have enjoyed working on…"

Bath's Historic Downtown - The Railroad Station

"Carlton Bridge construction, Bath, 1927Patten Free Library The opening of the Carlton Bridge in 1927 and its dedication in 1928 marked the beginning…"

Bath's Historic Downtown - Intersection of Centre and Washington

"The Carlton Bridge is now only used for trains, and the Sagadahoc Bridge now acts as the way to cross the Kennebec River by car, foot, or bicycle."

Bath's Historic Downtown - History Overview

"… created a problematic landscape where several bridges were needed to extend Centre Street, to create Front Street, to connect Elm Street, and to…"

Biddeford History & Heritage Project - The Civil War/Reconstruction Era as Experienced in Biddeford & Saco - Page 4 of 17

"… and Sons began a contract for the New York Harlem Bridge and a bridge in Philadelphia to provide 25,000 yards of stone to New York and 600 for…"

Lincoln, Maine - Ferries

"Ferries were used to get across the river. Bridges are much bigger and stronger now. The ferry is still used, but it also has greatly improved as it…"

Skowhegan Community History - The Skowhegan Island

"A new bridge was built until 1901, when a flood washed it out. Another bridge was built higher this time but in 1936, that bridge was washed out by a…"

Guilford, Maine - EVENTS - Page 2 of 3

"It was a covered bridge across the Piscataquis River that connected Guilford and Sangerville. Low's Bridge Flood of 1987 X That is some…"

Guilford, Maine - BUILDINGS - Page 3 of 5

"This bridge was dedicated in 1970. This was due to the hard work of the Guilford and Sangerville citizens."

Guilford, Maine - MANUFACTURING - Page 2 of 2

"The address is 9 Oak Street. Flood and Steel Bridge, Guilford, 1936Guilford Historical Society In 1979, Saulter joined the company as president."

Historic Hallowell - In the Beginning - Raw Materials - Quarrying

"… Hallowell viewed from Chelsea, Hallowell Chelsea Bridge, ca. 1865Hubbard Free Library Hains Ledge Quarry, Lithgow Hill, Hallowell, ca."

Presque Isle: The Star City - Growing Up in Masardis - Page 3 of 4

"In the seventh grade her school was across the bridge, and in high school her dad drove the bus so she would ride his bus for a little ways before an…"

John Martin: Expert Observer - Interior, John Martin Store, Bangor, 1862

"… his own store on Center Street near the Rail Road Bridge. Martin, who began in 1864 writing a detailed account of his life and activities, drew…"

Farmington: Franklin County's Shiretown - Railroad into the Village

"The bridge has been pronounced, by those capable of judging, to be one of the best structures of the kind in this country. Much credit is due to Mr."

Historic Hallowell - Solid Foundations - Hallowell Granite

"… Hallowell viewed from Chelsea, Hallowell Chelsea Bridge, ca. 1865Hubbard Free Library Many of America's finest public monuments were cut from…"

Lincoln, Maine - Main Street, Lincoln, ca. 1920

"… troop detachment sent here to guard the railroad bridges in Lincoln, Mattawamkeag and Passadumkeag during World War II."

Swan's Island: Six miles east of ordinary - The McCormick house

"… Stockbridge, Earl and Eleanor Tozier, Betty Staples Byrd (with her seven children), Vincent and Charlotte Bridges, and Sheldon and Tina Torrey."

John Martin: Expert Observer - Intro: pages 65-83

"… Mount Hope Cemetery North Bangor (Veazie) Bangor bridges, churches, schools Bangor commercial buildings James Emerson Cottage Bucksport"

John Martin: Expert Observer - Plan of North End of Bangor, 1844

"… of the North End as it was from the Rail Road Bridge to Nath Harlows March 11th 1844." Martin (1823-1904), an accountant, shopkeeper, and keen…"

Historic Hallowell - Hallowell Floods

"After time, the jammed ice under the bridge became to overwhelming for the bridge to hold because of the building pressure."

Biddeford History & Heritage Project - VII. Flow and ebb: the effects of industrial peak & global upheaval (1900-1955) - Page 3 of 3

"… story goes that the Irish blocked the Bradbury Bridge and the French blocked the Main Street Bridge; both groups were well-armed and ready to chase…"

Bath's Historic Downtown - Student Exhibits

"Student Exhibits Bath Savings Institution and Hyde Block The Intersection of Centre and Washington Church Block Columbian Block The Customs House…"

Bath's Historic Downtown - The Patten Free Library

"The Patten Free Library Text by Noah Lapointe, Austin Lewis, Kyle Perry, and Shadow Stephens 7th grade students at Bath Middle School."