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Strong, a Mussul Unsquit village - Strong's History - Page 4 of 4

"Mt. Abram High School and four MSAD 58 schools, as well Strong town office building, have switched to pellet boilers, and the mill contributes…"

Historic Hallowell - Hallowell Floods

"Water was in the streets, yards, and even in home’s. It happened because the ice was backed up under a bridge and the water overflowed."

Surry by the Bay - Surry Village School

"By the 1920s a water cooler with a spigot assured the school remained modern and pupils fashioned water cups out of half sheets of arithmetic paper."

Highlighting Historical Hampden - Introduction

"This wealth of available water was very attractive to early settlers on Massachusetts’ frontier. Long before the settlement of Hampden, the native…"

Western Maine Foothills Region - Mt. Zircon Reservoir - Page 2 of 3

"… at full capacity, it held 110,000,000 gallons of water. A small cabin can be seen in the background of the photo which shows the empty reservoir in…"

Western Maine Foothills Region - For The Love Of Paper - Page 3 of 4

"The Main Coated Department had produced high gloss papers for many years and had been upgraded, but was still not equal to the market demands."

Historic Hallowell - The "World of Mirth" Carnival in Hallowell

"… fire included their diving into a small barrel of water from high up! It was a family carnival but had some mature language and attractions."

Thomaston: The Town that Went to Sea - Shipbuilding Industry Expands - 1850 to 1857

"… Joshua and Charles Morton in Morton’s shipyard on Water Street was sold for an Australian packet and netted $85,000 in profits; however, most of…"

Western Maine Foothills Region - Building Boom and Piers above the Falls

"… be removed to give sufficient waterway in high water that the best plan would be to let a job by the yard to blast away the rock there and put in…"

Life on a Tidal River - The Great Bangor Floods: 1902 and 1976

"When the water overflowed onto the banks, the Great Bangor Flood of 1902 began. The dark, raging flood swept through downtown Bangor."

Mount Desert Island: Shaped by Nature - Student Narrative of MDI History

"From this island to the main land on the north, the distance is less than a hundred paces. It is very high, and notched in places, so that there is…"

Farmington: Franklin County's Shiretown - Education

"By 1906, a new High School building was built on High Street. This building eventually would be named for Arthur D."

Skowhegan Community History - The Skowhegan Island

"Also, a channel of water on the island, formally known as 'the slucieway,' provided a prime spot to build mills and factories."

Guilford, Maine - Modern History: 1966 to Present

"Fluoride was added to the water, a new sanitary district was incorporated, and a tennis court was built as was a 24-unit senior citizen’s complex…"

Historic Hallowell - Protect and Serve - Hallowell Fire and Police

"… were created which were able to propel a spray of water upon fires. The first of such devices, known as "The Cascade, was built in Philadelphia by…"

Historic Hallowell - History of The Cotton Mill

"It was being built between Second Street and Water Street. It was created by George Robinson and backed by Justin E. Smith, John P. Flagg, Eben G."

Historic Hallowell - Blizzards in Hallowell

"Their houses, stores, and some of their relatives or friends died or were destroyed during the blizzard. Written by David Mallow Blizzard, High…"

New Portland: Bridging the Past to the Future - North New Portland Village

"North New Portland High SchoolNew Portland Historical Society The first record of a mill in the North Village was recorded in an old diary of Elias…"

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

"… located in the Braeburn Building on the corner of Water and North Main Street. The new Guilford Memorial Library building was dedicated in 1909 and…"

Guilford, Maine - Early Manufacturing - Page 2 of 3

"… at Oak Street in 1865 to take advantage of the water power at that site. A long shaft running up the bank to the mill was connected to a waterwheel…"

Historic Hallowell - Whaling

"… whaling is driving the whales into the shallow water by frightening them with loud noises. Once the whales were within reach, the whalers killed…"

Bath's Historic Downtown - Old Town Hall and Grant Building

"… Hall was located on the northeastern corner of Water and Centre Streets in Bath. It was finished in 1838 and demolished in 1936. By 1937 the W.T."

Guilford, Maine - Early Manufacturing - Page 1 of 3

"… and the logs washed over the dam during high water, smashing nearly every window in the first two stories of both of the textile mills located on…"

Mount Desert Island: Shaped by Nature - Movies Come To The Island

"… on Scatterlee Beach, and on the rocks and in the water at various locations around the island's perimeter."