Maine Memory Network

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

"… above and around the Falls, his plans for dams, canal, mills, a power company, and a water district could not be finalized."

Farmington: Franklin County's Shiretown - John Frank Stevens

"Stevens took over the Canal project from John F. Wallace in 1905, Wallace had resigned the position mainly because of a fear of yellow fever, which…"

Western Maine Foothills Region - Mexico - Page 3 of 3

"… practices were held in the Rumford Band Room on Canal Street but later moved to the Howard Hall building in Mexico to practice marching."

Lubec, Maine - Lubec History

"… 20 feet in Lubec and with suitable arrangement of canals and reservoirs furnishes the most reliable, consistent and cheapest kind of water power.”…"

Life on a Tidal River - Narrative

"The Bangor and Piscataquis Canal and Railroad Company operated twelve miles of track between Bangor and Old Town beginning in 1836."

Mantor Library, University of Maine Farmington

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