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Life on a Tidal River - William S. Cohen, The Man and the School
"Army. Photo courtesy of the Department of Defense. X Cohen was sworn in as the twentieth Secretary of Defense on January 24, 1997."
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Historic Hallowell - Cascade Hand Tub
"There were also no matches at the time. But even so, the Cascade hand tub was a valuable asset to the Hallowell fire department."
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Historic Hallowell - Prisons and Firearms
"Police Revolver, Hallowell Police Department, Hallowell, 1890,Hubbard Free Library Before any of the police in Hallowell had any firearms of any…"
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Historic Hallowell - Hallowell History From a 7th Grade Perspective
"… Serve , a history of Hallowell's Police and Fire Departments, Industry on the Bombahook and Commerce on the Kennebec describing some of the…"
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Historic Hallowell - Ice Storm Interviews - Page 2 of 2
"For safety purposes your hospitals and fire departments and places like that had generators, so they were able to stay open and be helpful."
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Historic Hallowell - Uniforms and Expenses
"Each of these badges stated the name, rank, and department of that officer. These uniforms may or may not have emblems or designs corresponding to…"
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Historic Hallowell - Hallowell History Bibliography
"Washington, D.C.:U.S. Department of the Interior-National Park Service, 1970. “Hallowell in the Olden Time.” Maine Cultivator and Hallowell Gazette…"
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Historic Hallowell - Our Work and Our Team
"… McIntire – Hallowell Area Board of Trade – Maine Department of Education Jane Radcliffe – Museum Consultant – Former Curator, Maine State Museum…"
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Historic Hallowell - The Fuller Foundry
"Fuller believed that in all departments they should attempt excellence. It closed because there were new machines that took over to make the iron…"
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Historic Hallowell - Ice Storm Interviews - Page 1 of 2
"… at a local car dealer as a Manager In the Service Department”. When I asked him about what kind of damage was done to the car he said “the damage…"
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Historic Hallowell - City Marshals
"… an old word representing the head of the police department. Since 1967, city marshals have been called police chiefs."
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Historic Hallowell - Hallowell Ice Interviews
"… Ice Storm Video Interviews Mike Grant, Fire Chief Interview Created by Mason Peaslee and Tiffiny McCollett Interview of Judy Dawson, private…"
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Historic Hallowell - The City of Hallowell
"… the risk of carbon monoxide poisoning and house fires with the use of candles, propane, and kerosene heaters."
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Historic Hallowell - Disasters - Natural and Man-made
"… adversity has come in many forms: freshets, fires, tornadoes and even train wrecks. Natural disasters have plagued Hallowell throughout its…"
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Historic Hallowell - History Celebrated, Threatened and Preserved
"Neither fire nor flood nor urban renewal have altered significantly this remarkable grouping that developed at the riverfront during Hallowell’s…"
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Historic Hallowell - Hallowell's First Dwelling
"No hearth fire burned for their welcome; no door opened at their coming; no home stood ready to receive them."
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"People collected fire wood so that they could burn it and stay warm without having power. Well more than 400,000 people, from Down East Maine were…"
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Historic Hallowell - Kennebec Wire Company
"… could stay on late at night, and the risk of fires from the candles was gone. Wire mills stayed about the same throughout the rest of the 1800s and…"
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Historic Hallowell - Ice Storm Works Cited Page
"Grant, Micheal. Interview by Peaslee D. Mason. Fire Cheif. n.d. Harlow, Doug. “Carbon Monoxide Kills Waterville Man In Home.” Storm Edition: Day 3…"
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Historic Hallowell - Wood Ashes or Gold Dust?
"… to the settlers, that required only hard work, fire that trees that had ten times the value of wheat: wood ashes."
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"… a candle as a light, tripped over it and stared a fire that destroyed three rooms and the sprinkler system didn't stop it because the power was out."
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Historic Hallowell - Ice Storm Summary Notes
"“We would tell stories around the fire or play board games in the candle light with family and friends staying with us ” said Bruce and Marcia Bell."
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"… used logs to make houses,build ships, create fires, heat their homes, and cook food. Pine log drive on Machias River, ca."
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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."