Maine Memory Network

Portland Press Herald Glass Negative Collection - Allies & Allegiance: Military comradery at the Centennial, 1920

"… invitation to Casco Bay: Portugal, Japan and Great Britain. Coupled with two U.S. battleships, the USS Utah and USS Florida, naval representation…"

Farmington: Franklin County's Shiretown - Agriculture

"A freshet is described as a flash flood or flood resulting from a spring thaw. These freshets battered crops, homes and mills."

Maine's Swedish Colony, July 23, 1870 - Stockholm, Maine

"… in 1923, the bridge was washed out by a major flood. The people that were included in the process of making this bridge were Fred Palm, Olaf…"

Guilford, Maine - Special Events

"After the devastation of events such as floods and fires, the townspeople of Guilford come together once again to celebrate."

Mount Desert Island: Shaped by Nature - Beginnings

"… Rising sea levels over the past 10,000 years have flooded older village sites, but a combination of archaeology on sites from the last 3,000 years…"

Lincoln, Maine - Ferries

"… so that you cannot get wet or have it become flooded very easily. The ferry costs 15¢ to ride for every person."

Western Maine Foothills Region - Mexico - Page 2 of 3

"… that the Androscoggin and Swift Rivers often flooded in early spring. According to the writing of Anna Virgin Farrington, Indians from the…"

Western Maine Foothills Region - For The Love Of Paper - Page 2 of 4

"… lasted for nine years, coupled with the major flooding of the rivers in 1936, left the Oxford Paper Co. with little profit."

Farmington: Franklin County's Shiretown - The Abbott School

"Hippach Field has seen years of flooding during spring, but it remains as one of Farmington most prominent features."

Farmington: Franklin County's Shiretown - Brief History

"… mammoth chunks of ice and snow during the spring flood season. View of Farmington from Titcomb Hill Farm, ca."

Farmington: Franklin County's Shiretown - Education

"The State was flooded with salesmen trying to sell their books. The Principal made his decisions to purchase books based on the quality and the price…"

Eastern Maine Medical Center

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