Keywords: Foundations
- Historical Items (122)
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- Site Pages (71)
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Site Pages
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Bath's Historic Downtown - The Sagadahoc County Courthouse
"… dentils and very detailed window borders; the foundation was made of granite. In 1987, an addition made out of cement blocks with a blue belt was…"
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Bath's Historic Downtown - Church Block
"The foundation of the Italianate style Church Block is made out of stone; the roof is a flat gable roof. The original building was built in 1863."
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Strong, a Mussul Unsquit village - The Bridge That Changed The Map
"… extending from the roadbed grade down to the foundation set in the riverbanks. The cable anchorages, consisting of long wrought iron eye-bars, were…"
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Western Maine Foothills Region - Rumford - Page 2 of 4
"… was constructed in 1903 with an Andrew Carnegie Foundation. It was enlarged in 1969 by the addition of a new extension on the rear of the facility."
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Western Maine Foothills Region - Dixfield's Tuscan Opera House
"… building was then reconstructed upon the original foundation circa 1905. Progressive Rally Announcement, Dixfield, 1914Dixfield Historical…"
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John Martin: Expert Observer - About This Project
"A grant from the Gladys Krieble Delmas Foundation has made that possible. Candace Kanes, curator and historian for Maine Memory Network at Maine…"
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Mercy Hospital - School of Nursing - Page 3 of 3
"… 37 years from 1930 – 1967) laid the early foundation for Mercy’s policy of fostering training for its students across New England."
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New Portland: Bridging the Past to the Future - Bridges of West New Portland
"… installed, and strengthening of the tower's foundations and anchorages with concrete.” Regardless of which date is accurate, New Portland is…"
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Highlighting Historical Hampden - Hampden Academy
"In 1923, the school finally received a cement foundation and, six years later, to end a decade which had seen some major improvements made to the…"
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Lubec, Maine - The Lighthouse at West Quoddy Head
"… though a 2001 archaeological search located the foundation on the level top of the cliffs, set back from the edge."
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Guilford, Maine - BUILDINGS - Page 3 of 5
"Wharff to do the foundation work on the bridge with granite. The cost to the towns was $750, $500 for abutments underneath the bridge, and $250 for…"
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Life on a Tidal River - Bass Park: A History of Fillies, Fame, and Fun
""Cross Insurance Center." Wikipedia. Wikimedia Foundation, 19 Feb. 2016. Web. 01 June 2016. Fitzpatrick, David."
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Mercy Hospital - Mercy & the Community
"… of his life before his 1991 death organizing a foundation with the goal of building the Gary Pike House."
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Presque Isle: The Star City - History of Presque Isle
"… plotted half acre lots and planned streets as the foundation for the settlement of Fairbanks Mills. Despite the fact that Fairbanks tried to…"
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Lubec, Maine - Building the Roosevelt Bridge to Campobello - Page 1 of 3
"… as working platforms for construction of pier foundations, piers, and the steelwork for the roadway."
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Life on a Tidal River - Four Important Women of Bangor
"“Christina Baker Kline.” Wikipedia, Wikimedia Foundation, 18 Oct. 2018, en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Christina_Baker_Kline. “Circular : Woman's Place."
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Lincoln, Maine - That Pioneer Spirit
"… on a map—to arrive somewhere without these foundations and struggle to create them. They must have been tenacious, dogged, and determined—not just…"
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Farmington: Franklin County's Shiretown - Brief History
"… the time the first white settlers arrived--these foundations proved vitally important to these early pioneers."
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Blue Hill, Maine - Educating Blue Hill
"Of these, Latin and Greek foundations, English, and penmanship were considered extremely important. A common course for young men was navigation."
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Bath's Historic Downtown - History Overview
"… from wooden ships to metal hulls, threatened the foundation of Bath’s economy. The number of shipyards decreased significantly through the 1870s…"
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Mantor Library, University of Maine Farmington
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