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Presque Isle: The Star City - Harvesting Potatoes - Page 3 of 13

"… June, 2009 X In the 1930s some diggers had a gasoline engine mounted on it to power the mechanical parts."

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Acadia National Park

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Historic Hallowell - Ice Cutting and Ice Houses on the Bombahook

"Later, gasoline powered trucks were used until the ice harvesting operation closed down around 1950. Ice harvesting, Cascade Pond, Hallowell, ca."

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Historic Hallowell - Ice Cutting and Ice Houses on the Bombahook

"Later, gasoline powered trucks were used until the ice harvesting operation closed down around 1950. Ice harvesting, Cascade Pond, Hallowell, ca."

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Thomaston: The Town that Went to Sea - Woodrow Wilson

"… an automobile at that time and we didn’t use it gasoline was well it cost money and had to pay it and we had to be careful what we did with the…"

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Guilford, Maine - Historic Buildings - Page 2 of 2

"Note the gasoline sold for 26 cents. Water Street looking west, Guilford, ca. 1930Guilford Historical Society HOLBROOK'S POOL HALL This is a…"

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Scarborough: They Called It Owascoag - Catch of the Day: Clamming and Lobstering - Page 3 of 4

"Use of gasoline or diesel engines enabled lobstermen to fish further along the coast or offshore or finish hauling early enough to undertake a second…"

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Scarborough: They Called It Owascoag - Maritime Tales: Shipyards and Shipwrecks - Page 1 of 2

"The engine was usually a gasoline car engine. A belt ran from the engine pulley to a hauling winch; and as long as the engine was running, the winch…"

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Swan's Island: Six miles east of ordinary - III. Boom, bustle, bust: The Steamboat Years to WWII

"… necessities and delicacies, from flour, candy and gasoline to the "rat cheese" much favored on the island."

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Bath's Historic Downtown - History Overview

"… 1927, Vine Street quickly became the site of many gasoline stations where that end of town had previously been anchored by residences and the King…"