Maine Memory Network

Guilford, Maine - BUILDINGS - Page 1 of 5

"… High School, Braeburn Hotel, Low's Covered Bridge 4) Guilford Memorial Library, Chase-Em-In Tea Room, Masonic Hall 5) Oldest House in Guilford…"

Lincoln, Maine - Steamboats

"… been made ineffective by larger freight ships and bridges in this day and age. But steamboats are still used for crossing rivers and lakes, or…"

Lincoln, Maine - Jonathan Clay Jr.

"They might work on bridges, railroads, etc. and they have to use big machines with traffic coming in every direction."

Cumberland & North Yarmouth - Population Decline in Maine's Coastal Counties

"… concrete and steel in constructing buildings and bridges diminished the importance of granite, affecting employment in the state's granite centers."

St. Croix Historical Society

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Surry by the Bay - Early Settlement

"This included the section between Bridge Hill and the Ellsworth post office. Ellsworth resisted the change because ”while they were a part of Surry…"

Surry by the Bay - Early Twentieth Century

"When the Waldo-Hancock Bridge opened in 1931, this marvel of engineering provided a much easier mode of transportation at a time when more and more…"

John Martin: Expert Observer - John Martin's Journal

"… drawings of homes, businesses, churches, schools, bridges, and other subjects. A number are watercolors."

Farmington: Franklin County's Shiretown - Agriculture

"It was located at the east end of the Center bridge and was there for nearly 50 years. Six to eight canneries operated in Farmington Falls…"

Aroostook Historical and Art Museum

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Blue Hill, Maine - In Search of the Rustic Life

"… were Blue Hill Mountain and the Blue Hill Falls Bridge. On Parker Point, a tennis court was built in 1912 by George Cochran."

Guilford, Maine - BUSINESSES - Page 3 of 3

"… 18, 1879, the first casualty occurred at Low’s Bridge. Since there was no siding, cars that had to be loaded were left on the track and had to be…"

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

"Since there were no bridges, brooks and rivers were crossed at wading places or by ferry. By 1653, the King’s Highway reached from Portland to…"

Cumberland & North Yarmouth - Representative Industries of Cumberland and North Yarmouth

"Purvis south of the bridge, near Mr. Mountford's mill, but it crumbled to decay. Mr. L. H. Wilson's mill on the same stream is on the site of an old…"

Surry by the Bay - Nineteenth Century

"Main Street and bridge, Surry, 1912Surry Historical Society Probably because Surry originated in East Surry, which was tightly tied to Ellsworth…"

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."

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

"… New Gloucester Road at Walnut Hill to the lower bridge on the Presumpscot River in Falmouth; this was the beginning of planning for present day…"

Mount Desert Island: Shaped by Nature - Basketball: From Rivals to Teammates

"Casino and Bridge Street, ca. 1901 This is the Casino that was located on Cottage Street in Bar Harbor, where high school basketball was played."

Freedom & Captivity Portal

The Freedom & Captivity digital collection in the Maine Memory Network, and the complete digital archive housed at Colby Special Collections, is a repository of personal testimonies, ephemera, memorabilia, artifacts, and visual materials that capture multiple dimensions of the experiences of incarceration for individuals, families, and communities, as well as for survivors of harm.

Presque Isle: The Star City - History of Presque Isle

"This growth also led to the building of the first bridge over the Aroostook River, the lobbying for a railroad to come to Presque Isle and the…"

Presque Isle: The Star City - Arthur R. Gould

"… money and encouragement to replace the wooden bridge originally built across the Presque Isle Stream on State Street by Presque Isle founder…"

Mantor Library, University of Maine Farmington

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