Maine Memory Network

Islesboro--An Island in Penobscot Bay - Businesses and Cottage Industries

"… operated by local businessman Walter Hall and a gas service station. Next to the block was a barbershop, another grocery store outlet, plumbing…"

Islesboro--An Island in Penobscot Bay - Historical Overview

"Gas Station Calendar, Islesboro, 1947Islesboro Historical Society Because transportation was so difficult in the early days, settlements grew up…"

John Martin: Expert Observer - Intro: pages 121-end

"Mail boxes. He wrote again about his family's history in Ellsworth, his childhood in Brewer and Hampden, his lameness, his mother's illnesses, his…"

Historic Hallowell - Hallowell Iron Foundry

"Orders are always on time and steam and gas fittings are always in stock. At one time, the Hallowell Iron Works employed 30 experienced men."

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

"Gas tanks exploded and walls fell every couple of minutes, causing screams from the crowd. Soon the Brunswick Hand Tubs were there to help."

Life on a Tidal River - Doughty Students

"… Base during WWII People had to ration things like gas and sugar! The Bangor Public Library has an amazing collection of Bangor Daily News on…"

John Martin: Expert Observer - First balloon ascension, Bangor, 1857

"… all alone sustained by a cloth bag filled with gas." The journals and scrapbooks Martin wrote from 1864 to about 1898 comment on his life…"

Bath's Historic Downtown - Columbian Block

"… the president of the Bath Street Railroad, Bath Gas and Electric company, and the New England Ship Building Company. Galen C."

Lincoln, Maine - Lincoln Theater

"We also get affected because of the gas money when we want to go see one. The money is three dollars a gallon."

Bath's Historic Downtown - History Overview

"… the Carlton Bridge, thereby causing most of the gas stations on Vine Street to close. And, the popularity of the automobile probably contributed to…"

Bath's Historic Downtown - Intersection of Centre and Washington

"Gas stations were erected on the corners in the 1960s. Roy's Provision Market opened around 1958 at 775 Washington Street, as recorded in multiple…"

Lincoln, Maine - Mills & Paper Industry - Page 1 of 2

"Around 1920, he came out with a smaller gas powered log hauler. Lombard Loghauler, Lincoln, 1910Lincoln Historical Society The following was…"

Lincoln, Maine - Cars, Model T

"The size and the way cars and/or trucks use up gas has changed a lot, and the price of gas has changed too. Cars and trucks are made differently."

Skowhegan Community History - Farming in the Skowhegan Area

"… the soil and work the farm and eventually the gas engine took over the work. By 1820 there were more than 55,000 farmers and they were selling…"

Mount Desert Island: Shaped by Nature - Economic History of Main Street, Northeast Harbor - Page 2 of 3

"There was only one gas station in Northeast Harbor, down from four. The last barber left town in the mid-1970s. The pharmacy closed in 1989."

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

"… a motor court with the advent of World War II and gas rationing, and the Government converted the units to housing for South Portland shipyard…"

Mercy Hospital - Growth & Expansion - Page 2 of 2

"A Central Sterile Supply using gas sterilized 1,000 thermometers per day (before the advent of disposable covers)."

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

"… coal, chipped rubber, auto tires, and natural gas as fuel to produce steam at 1250 psi. This steam could be used for producing electricity and, as…"

Lincoln, Maine - Gordon's Fox Farms

"… took the car and some furs to sell on the way for gas, you can get there fine.” “Now that wouldn’t help your sales very much would it?” said a…"

Guilford, Maine - BUILDINGS - Page 4 of 5

"We do know that it sold gas and breakfast. Inside there were three tables with two seats each. After the Tea Room was sold, it was renamed the Hill…"

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Farmington: Franklin County's Shiretown - Brief History

"Soon Farmington had a gas station on Main Street. Yet, as quickly as the town changed, much remained the same."