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Lubec, Maine - Building the Roosevelt Bridge to Campobello - Page 1 of 3

"The Callahan boat operator slacked off the engine and a worker threw a rope, which became entangled in the outboard engine of the flat bottom boat…"

Mount Desert Island: Shaped by Nature - Charles K. Savage (1903-1979): The View from Asticou - Page 5 of 6

"… to Mount Desert Island each summer was landscape engineer Joseph Henry Curtis (1841-1928). Curtis purchased 40 acres of land on the Eastern bank of…"

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

"Grade 4 had seven students. Grade 5 had nine students. Grade 6 had nine students. Their teacher was Rudolph M."

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

"Central Elementary then housed up to grade 5. With continued declines in enrollment, Kindergarten was discontinued at the school in the 2006 school…"

Scarborough: They Called It Owascoag - Catch of the Day: Clamming and Lobstering - Page 4 of 4

"Larger fiberglass boats; more powerful diesel engines; and modern equipment, such as hydraulic pot haulers, GPS, radar, etc., enable the lobster…"

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

"The highway has been designated a national civil engineering landmark. Looking for Educator Resources for this exhibit? Source Notes 1. William S."

Lubec, Maine - Timeline

"… – lots assigned to settlers on payment of $5 1797 • Daniel Ramsdell cures first herring by smoke in Lubec, a process learned in Nova Scotia 1798 •…"

Lubec, Maine - The Lighthouse at West Quoddy Head

"Ample clout, these two. Congress appropriated $5,000 in 1806, and not only for navigation. A document of the Maine Department of Parks and Lands…"

Lubec, Maine - Lubec History

"… were later assigned to settlers upon payment of $5 to cover the survey's cost. This reproduction of the original map was drawn by Lois Johnson and…"

Lubec, Maine - Canning Sardines in Lubec: Technology, the Syndicate and Labor

"212). This is obviously the new building. 5. Perspectives on Labor Old Gun Rock Can Shop, Lubec, ca."

Strong, a Mussul Unsquit village - About Us - Page 2 of 3

"… “The Bridge that Changed the Map” recounts how a $5,000 suspension bridge drove a wedge between residents in 1856 and resulted in the secession of…"

Strong, a Mussul Unsquit village - Early Schools

"Dist.# 5 - Village School served the children of the village in the schoolhouse that later became the Grange Hall, located on the road now known as…"

Strong, a Mussul Unsquit village - The Bridge That Changed The Map

"… tantrums, and proposed a construction cost of $5,000. This bridge would be built on high ground at the river bend below the village."

Strong, a Mussul Unsquit village - Village Schools

"… Show The first Strong Village School (Dist.# 5) was located in the building now used by the Aurora Grange."

Strong, a Mussul Unsquit village - Strong's History - Page 4 of 4

"… after 11 p.m., but farmers would wake her about 5 a.m. There was a large switchboard with digits in which connecting plugs were placed."

Strong, a Mussul Unsquit village - Soldiers Of The Civil War

"… Barrancas National Cemetery in Florida in grave 5-0-535. Alanson F. Sweet was born in 1845 and lived with his parents, Alanson and Ruby Sweet, in…"

Farmington: Franklin County's Shiretown - John Frank Stevens

"An Engineers Recollections. New York : McGraw-Hill Publishing Co., c1936 Webster, Natalie; Manager, Media Relations, American Society of Civil…"

Scarborough: They Called It Owascoag - Transportation Through the Years - Page 2 of 4

"… Atlantic Shore Railroad to York County points.(5) Rising operating costs and increasing use of automobiles weakened the financial situation of the…"

Scarborough: They Called It Owascoag - Scarborough Marsh: "Land of Much Grass" - Page 4 of 4

"“A Brief Scarborough Nature Center History.” Audubon Nature Center Collection, 5 May 1983. Wilson, Emily. “Marsh People.” Salt Magazine, No. 45"

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

"… operation in the 1920s and the building moved.(5) It was later burned down as a training exercise for firefighters."

Scarborough: They Called It Owascoag - People Who Called Scarborough Home - Page 4 of 4

"… was on call seven days a week: house calls were $5.00 and office visits were $3.00. In the early years of his practice, Dr."

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."

Historic Hallowell - Carvers and Quarrymen

"The quarrymen and engineers later joined the Quarrymen's Union. The Bodwell Granite Works was the subject of a lot of labor actions, including a 5…"