Maine Memory Network

Life on a Tidal River - The Great Bangor Floods: 1902 and 1976

"… Bangor Flood of 1902.Bangor Historical Society 1902 The rain was coming down hard in downtown Bangor on the evening of March 20, 1902."

Life on a Tidal River - Flood Exhibit Work

"… sources to find information on the floods of 1902 and 1976 and ultimately writing the text for this exhibit."

Life on a Tidal River - Exhibits

"… them! The sixth exhibit, The Great Bangor Floods: 1902 and 1976 was created during the 2010-2011 school year."

Guilford, Maine - EVENTS - Page 1 of 3

"Employed fire departments keep their fire fighters all year round. Volunteer fire departments don’t operate the same way."

Mount Desert Island: Shaped by Nature - Economic History of Main Street, Northeast Harbor - Page 1 of 3

"Also, during this period, the Fire House was constructed (1903), The Neighborhood House (1906) and the Northeast Harbor Library and Reading Room…"

Historic Hallowell - Schooners, Steamers, Ships and Tankers

"This steamer was built in 1902 in New York for the Port Chester service. Then it was purchased for the use at Bath to help the smaller Hockomock…"

Mount Desert Island: Shaped by Nature - Source Materials

"… –by Augustus Chase Savage, dated March 8, 1902 – private publication ‘Early History and Personal Recollections of Northeast Harbor’ – by Cora…"

Guilford, Maine - BUILDINGS - Page 1 of 5

"… a fire burnt it to the ground on December 6th, 1902. Only a few pictures and documents survived. A new three story brick building was erected in…"

Mount Desert Island: Shaped by Nature - Harbor Cottage, The Old Ell (“Mame’s House”), and the Big Barn

"… or Memories of a Lifetime written in March of 1902, some of the first guests of Harbor Cottage included artists George Hollingsworth (1813-1882) of…"

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

"… Historical Society & Museum On 24 July 1902, Scarborough residents celebrated the opening of the connection of the rails of the Biddeford & Saco…"

Scarborough: They Called It Owascoag - Historical Overview - Page 3 of 4

"… Historical Society & Museum By 1902 Scarborough had electricity, and electric cars (trolleys) replaced horsecars."

Guilford, Maine - Historic Buildings - Page 1 of 2

"… other side shortly before the building burned in 1902. New contstruction began and the dedication of the new brick building was held in 1904."

Western Maine Foothills Region - Rumford - Page 3 of 4

"… life and work of Jonathan Adams Bartlett, 1817-1902, who was a folk artist living on the south side of the Androscoggin River in what was the Aaron…"

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

"Farmington, ME: Heritage Printing. Mitchell, H. E., (1902). New Portland Register, 1902. Kingfield, ME: W. P. Watson."

Guilford, Maine - Special Events

"… the Hudson Store and Odd Fellows Hall burned in 1902, a large brick building was built on the same footprint."

Western Maine Foothills Region - For The Love Of Paper - Page 1 of 4

"By February, 1902, all four paper machines were in operation and producing about 44 tons of paper a day."

Guilford, Maine - BUILDINGS - Page 4 of 5

"On December 6, 1902 the building was lost to a fire. The whole building was ruined. A new Odd Fellows Hall (I.O.O.F.) was built in 1904."

Colby College Special Collections

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Lubec, Maine - Timeline

"… (1897) 1900s 1900 • Census results – 3,005 1902 • Lubec Water & Electric District established – water mains laid throughout village and outlying…"

Lubec, Maine - Lubec History

"Lubec Herald, January 4, 1902. Lubec Herald, March 6, 1902. Lubec Herald, April 3, 1910. Maine Sardine Industry History, 1875 – 2000, Compiled by…"

Eastern Maine Medical Center

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Mantor Library, University of Maine Farmington

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