Maine Memory Network

New Portland: Bridging the Past to the Future - Bridges of West New Portland

"Gould Hill Bridge: The Gould Hill Bridge, also known as on of the Twin Bridges, was also constructed by the Maine State Highway Commission."

Lubec, Maine - Klondike: Lubec's Gold from Sea Water Hoax

"… in the water, were placed specially constructed wooden boxes called accumulators, for collecting the gold content of the seawater that flowed…"

Lubec, Maine - Lubec History

"… grew -- sawmills that provided the shooks for wooden cases that held the cans ready for shipment; transporters; boat builders; suppliers of…"

Lubec, Maine - McCurdy Herring Smokehouse - Page 4 of 4

"Hall described one as “an oblong wooden frame having four legs, the sides extending far enough beyond the end to serve as handles.” (P. 456)."

Bath's Historic Downtown - History Overview

"… and lumber led to the boom period of 19th-century wooden shipbuilding. Wars, national economic upswings and downturns, changes in modes of…"

Skowhegan Community History - The Skowhegan Island

"In 1809 the first wooden covered bridges were built so people could pass onto and off the island easily at all times of the year."

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 -…"

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

"… the Madawaska Stream in Stockholm to replace the wooden one washed out in the flood of 1923. In the early 1920’s the Odd Fellows built a large Hall…"

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."

Mantor Library, University of Maine Farmington

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