Maine Memory Network

Owls Head Transportation Museum

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Historic Hallowell - Logging

"One last thing is that it took four men to operate this machine: an engineer, firman, steersman, and conductor. Another tool was the Peavy stick."

Bath's Historic Downtown - The Sagadahock House and The Sagadahoc Block

"… later, at 11:20 AM, the special train with train engine number six and hose number three from Portland arrived."

Highlighting Historical Hampden - Riverside Park

"Landscape and civil engineer Frank Blaisdell drew up the plans for the park; he was an excellent candidate for the job, with vast experience…"

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

"The Chief Engineer, Joseph W. Taney, and his crew surveyed the route and began construction. The company ran short of funds and the building ceased."

Highlighting Historical Hampden - Expansion

"Frank Blaisdell, a landscape and civil engineer, designed this and several other amusement parks, including Riverton in Portland."

Western Maine Foothills Region - Rumford - Page 1 of 4

"Mixer, resident engineer with the Rumford Falls Power Company. The culmination of Chisholm’s awareness of housing needs was the construction of…"

Presque Isle: The Star City - Aroostook Valley Railroad

"The engines and passenger cars were sold to collectors and the track lanes are now snowmobile trails."

Lincoln, Maine - Telegraphs & Telephones

"… a message to Bangor for them to send a fire engine because the town of Lincoln was in extreme danger of being engulfed in flames."

Guilford, Maine - Pre-Settlement And The First 100 Years

"… was developed when Charles Taylor, a respected engineer and entrepreneur from Wellesley, Mass bought the necessary material to build a piping…"

Farmington: Franklin County's Shiretown - Early Settlers

"… a lot of time traveling all over the world as an Engineer. His income was comfortable enough so he was able to maintain a beautiful home in…"

Presque Isle: The Star City - Arthur R. Gould

"The engines and passenger cars were sold to collectors and the track lanes are now snowmobile trails."

Eastern Maine Medical Center

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Mantor Library, University of Maine Farmington

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