Maine Memory Network

Historic Hallowell - Industrial Recources

"… technology, the ships relied more on oil and an engine than wind power. On a ship, it was important to have lifeboats in case of an emergency."

Portland Press Herald Glass Negative Collection - Crime & Disaster - Page 1 of 2

"Kent of Engine 6 and injured five other firemen. Although this picture was not used in the Portland Evening Express article on May 21st, it shows the…"

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…"

Early Maine Photography - Landscape Photography - Page 1 of 3

"Landscape Photography Casco Engine Co. No. 1 firemen's muster and parade, Portland, 1846Maine Historical Society The Maine Historical Society…"

John Martin: Expert Observer - Fiske Block, Broad Street, Bangor, 1864

"… walls tumbled in and floors fell in enbracing the engine planing mills &c ." View additional information about this item on the Maine Memory…"

Historic Hallowell - The Vaughan Stream & Sawmills

"… up, the factories were then powered by steam engines. As a result, the Vaughan Stream had many uses."

Mount Desert Island: Shaped by Nature - Early Settlement

"… drawn by neighbor, summer resident, and civil engineer, Joseph H. Curtis of Boston. The Savages granted the cemetery property with a reservation of…"

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…"

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

"The fire started in a livery stable at the base of the chimney in the office. The fire could have been put out except for the break in the water line…"

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 - The Next Fifty Years 1916-1966

"Switcher Engine #22, Guilford, ca. 1963Guilford Historical Society In 1958, the B & A Railroad discontinued passenger service."

Highlighting Historical Hampden - Expansion

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

Bath's Historic Downtown - The Customs House

"On the map, the buildings on the property were an engine house and two other houses that were owned by J."

Lincoln, Maine - That Pioneer Spirit

"… that the village of Lincoln was on fire and an engine was wanted from this city… the whole village was in danger of burning if help was not…"

Lincoln, Maine - Railroads

""Dewey" engine in front of pulp mill, ca. 1910Lincoln Historical Society Both then and now: Tracks became common in Lincoln, due to the paper mill’s…"

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 - Meeting House Park

"It was believed that a spark from the railroad engine alighted in a shed on the Pleasant Street side of Meeting House Park."

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

"About 11 o’clock AM, an engine and a platform car loaded with sleepers (ties) came across. Quite a crowd of men, women and children collected on the…"

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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