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

"Wire Bridge: Wire BridgeNew Portland Historical Society The wire bridge is located in the West Village on the Wire Bridge Road, in a quiet…"

New Portland: Bridging the Past to the Future - North New Portland Village

"New Portland Fair 1951New Portland Historical Society In 1906 a corporation for a water company was formed. Warren B. Clark, E."

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

"… triangular “heater” intersection where Route 9 crosses Greely Road. The heater is so called after a certain style of old clothes iron which had a…"

Bath's Historic Downtown - History Overview

"Throughout the nineteenth century, as the lowest of these areas were filled in and Commercial Street was added to the east of Front Street, the…"

Scarborough: They Called It Owascoag - Transportation Through the Years - Page 1 of 4

"… located near the junction of Old Blue Point and Portland Street (Milliken Mills Road). It ceased operation in the 1920s and the building moved.(5)…"

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

"The route started in Portland, crossed the Fore River at Stroudwater, passed through Thornton Heights (Skunk Hill), went along what we call the…"

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

"… for freight, a traveler or shipper had to cross the river. Certainly having the train into West Farmington was much more convenient than having no…"

Western Maine Foothills Region - Rumford - Page 3 of 4

"… in the early 1920s, offered winter Nordic and Cross Country skiing, and hosted an annual winter carnival, first at its ski jump location on Spruce…"

Life on a Tidal River - Early Railroads in Bangor - Page 1 of 2

"In Penobscot County the road ran from Bangor, crossed the bridge into Brewer thence on to Orrington."

Mantor Library, University of Maine Farmington

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Eastern Maine Medical Center

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