Maine Memory Network

Strong, a Mussul Unsquit village - Groups, Clubs & Organizations - Page 3 of 3

"… was attacked, and more than half the town was burned. Over 400 buildings were destroyed and more than 1,000 people lost their homes."

Early Maine Photography - Landscape Photography - Page 1 of 3

"… with a four story brick commercial block that burned in the Great Fire of 1866. The site is now occupied by a small park."

Historic Hallowell - Hallowell's First Dwelling

"No hearth fire burned for their welcome; no door opened at their coming; no home stood ready to receive them."

Historic Hallowell - Day 5

"People collected fire wood so that they could burn it and stay warm without having power. Well more than 400,000 people, from Down East Maine were…"

Historic Hallowell - Cascade Hand Tub

"These logs at most burned slowly. There were also no matches at the time. But even so, the Cascade hand tub was a valuable asset to the Hallowell…"

Life on a Tidal River - The Bangor Fire of 1911 - Page 1 of 2

"… spread the fire across the Kenduskeag Stream and burned the Fairbanks Building on Exchange Street, before engulfing the Bangor Public Library and…"

Guilford, Maine - The Next Fifty Years 1916-1966

"Fortunes were sure to change once again . Burning the Kaiser, Armistice Day, Guilford, 1918Guilford Historical Society Aerial view of…"

Western Maine Foothills Region - For The Love Of Paper - Page 4 of 4

"… The Rumford Co-Generation Company, which could burn oil, wood bio-mass, coal, chipped rubber, auto tires, and natural gas as fuel to produce steam…"

Historic Hallowell - Protect and Serve - Hallowell Fire and Police

"… other enclosed heating systems the average home burned 20 to 30 cords of wood per year--with a resulting high risk of loss of property to fire."

Historic Hallowell - Cotton Mill & Johnson Shoe Citations

"pag. Potter, Betty. “Night Lights Burn At Hallowell Shoe.” Kennebec Journal 19 May 1964: N. pag. Snell, Katherine//Ledew, Vincent."

New Portland: Bridging the Past to the Future - West New Portland Village Schools

"Holbrook lot in East New Portland. Students from all three villages attended high school there until it burned in 1939."

Thomaston: The Town that Went to Sea - Henry Knox: Shipping

"… sloop Quick Lime (named so because of his lime-burning interests), built in 1805 by H. Rogers and weighing 93 tons. Also, on July 18, 1804 Jas."

Biddeford History & Heritage Project - V. A Cascade of Booms & Busts (1790-1865) - Page 2 of 3

"… Saco venture was not successful, and eventually burned down, but was followed by the incredibly successful York Manufacturing Company, whose main…"

Bar Harbor Historical Society

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Charlotte Hobbs Memorial Library

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Swan's Island: Six miles east of ordinary - Lobstering

"… left, is holding a sizable lobster as is Charlie Burns in the picture on the right. These pictures were taken in the 1930s."

Western Maine Foothills Region - Our Partners

"… Savior School/Byron Historical Society Elliott Burns–Rumford Historical Society Bob Daigle–Mexico Historical Society Bob Dolloff–Peru Historical…"

Western Maine Foothills Region - Hugh J. Chisholm, Sr. - Page 2 of 2

"Leane (1858) and Rumford Historical Society and Elliot E. “Bud” Burns (1972) Paper Times, August, 1976 “The Man”"

Western Maine Foothills Region - Hugh J. Chisholm, Sr. - Page 1 of 2

"When it burned down, he established the Umbagog Pulp Company and became President and principal stockholder of that company in Livermore Falls, ME."

Western Maine Foothills Region - Ridlonville

"… Society The Central School, built in 1894, was burned Christmas eve of 1906 and was rebuilt in 1907."

Early Maine Photography - Famous People - Page 1 of 3

"When the British burned Washington in 1814, she rescued the full-length portrait of George Washington from the East Room."

Maine's Road to Statehood - The American Revolution and Early Attempts at Separation - Page 1 of 2

"The question, however, did not die out. The burning of Falmouth in 1775 by the British was a final straw for many of those undecided about separation."

Portland Press Herald Glass Negative Collection - Crime & Disaster - Page 1 of 2

"Kirby burned Hayward's cottage with her aunt inside it before he escaped to his own cottage with the victim."

Bath's Historic Downtown - Columbian Block

"… the Columbian Hotel and the Columbian Hall, which burned in 1893. Since the original construction in 1894, the first story and probably the roof…"