Maine Memory Network

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

"The gauge was changed from Standard to 3 foot. In Penobscot County the road ran from Bangor, crossed the bridge into Brewer thence on to Orrington."

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

"… three at Low’s Bridge, four at Sangerville, one foot bridge and four regular bridges at Guilford Village prior to the present structure."

Lincoln, Maine - Gordon's Fox Farms

"Foxes were kept in one hundred 16 by 16 foot pens. There were also usually two workers per farm. When a mother fox didn’t take care of her young and…"

Western Maine Foothills Region - Peru

"… called for a man to stand on a platform one foot square at the top of the pole, forty feet from the ground, swing his hat in the air and give the…"

Lubec, Maine - Lubec History

"… water’s edge, few houses, the only roads being foot and horse paths. Travel was by boat. By 1790 North Lubec, with a population of 245, was far…"

Farmington: Franklin County's Shiretown - Early Settlers

"… coming up the Kennebec River and over land by foot or horse through unsettled areas following the trails of early trappers or Indians."

Lincoln, Maine - That Pioneer Spirit

"… … at the height of the flash flood more than a foot of water poured across the highway and for a time motorists were stalled."

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

"… it at fifty cartloads, and dug out about a foot below the grade. Mr. Clarks gang was employed two or three hours next morning carting away the pile…"

Farmington: Franklin County's Shiretown - Brief History

"Introduction of the two-foot gauge railroads allowed for the quick movement of timber south and tourists north."

Life on a Tidal River - Narrative

"The year 1842, was the first 100,000,000 board foot year, and six years later lumber merchants shipped double this amount of lumber from Bangor's…"

Cumberland & North Yarmouth - "Main Streets" of North Yarmouth and Cumberland

"Our travel by car, bicycle and foot today is effortless compared to the challenging journeys that European settlers took through ancient North…"

Islesboro--An Island in Penobscot Bay - Historical Overview

"… vacationers alike got where they needed to go by foot, bicycle or horse. Livery stables were very busy places in those times, frequently called…"

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