Maine Memory Network

Historic Hallowell - A Post-Revolutionary Generation

"East Side Businesses, Water Street, Hallowell, ca. 1895Hubbard Free Library Ezekiel Goodale -- Book Seller, Printer and Publisher."

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

"… is located on Lemon Stream, so called because the water was a light yellow color, and two hills known as Clark Hill and Bennett Hill."

Lincoln, Maine - Ferries

"Bridges now allow us to go over bodies of water that we would never be able to cross before. The bridge that crosses over the river from Lincoln to…"

Bath's Historic Downtown - Ledyard Block

"James C. Ledyard was also personally asked by Mr. Morse to buy the property that Morse High School was built on. James C."

Western Maine Foothills Region - For The Love Of Paper - Page 1 of 4

"The waters were diverted to canals to service the paper making facilities along the canal banks. Railroad service was also extended by Hugh J."

Islesboro--An Island in Penobscot Bay - Early Settlements

"… by various seacraft (or by sleigh over frozen water) bringing with them all that was necessary to survive."

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

"In 1919 Stockholm decided to build a grade C high school. The school would be started in August when the boys from World War I returned."

Life on a Tidal River - Four Important Women of Bangor

"Cohen School) and Bangor High School. She knew she wanted to be a writer and editor at a very young age."

Bath's Historic Downtown - History Overview

"… to connect Elm Street, and to traverse the waters of Water Street. Throughout the nineteenth century, as the lowest of these areas were filled in…"

New Portland: Bridging the Past to the Future - Bridges of West New Portland

"… bridge would stand the freshets or even high water. Col. F. B. Morse who lived on the South road, came forward with the idea of a suspension or…"

Blue Hill, Maine - Discover the Story of Blue Hill - Page 2 of 4

"Water powered sawmills were built on streams at the head of the harbor and Peters Cove. At the original settlement in Blue Hill Falls, mills were…"

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

"… was that Ethyl had to complete the waste water treatment in accordance with federal laws or allow funding for its completion."

Islesboro--An Island in Penobscot Bay - About Us

"… Businesses/Cottage Industries (Land Use), Water Transportation (Transportation), and Early Settlements (Settlements)."

Guilford, Maine - BUILDINGS - Page 2 of 5

"At first, the fire station got the water from the river using a pump that was in the mill. In the first year after it was built, they raised $944 to…"

Lincoln, Maine - Ira Fish

"… his crew put 5,000,000 feet of pine logs in the water. That is enough to run the mill for three to four years."

Western Maine Foothills Region - Rumford - Page 3 of 4

"… and raised in Rumford, to enact the 1972 Clean Water Act at the federal level. Interior of Congregational Church, Rumford Point, 1909Greater…"

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

"The cost of seeds was high, as high as $1.00 for a peck of seed corn, and people had to travel a great distance to purchase such products."

Lincoln, Maine - That Pioneer Spirit

"With all that water, it is no surprise that the town has had flooding problems. The most destructive of the floods, however, had nothing to do with…"

Islesboro--An Island in Penobscot Bay - Historical Overview

"… the only State Park that is accessible solely by water. When the first settlers arrived on Islesboro, they found mostly spruce and a scattering of…"

Bath's Historic Downtown - 94 Front Street

"… been rebuilt several times because of fire and water damage; as of 2009 only the second floor resembles the design of the original building."

Surry by the Bay - Nineteenth Century

"… hills and steams/The streams that furnished water power/Before days we knew of steam. But the mills that once run buzzing saws/Have now gone to…"

Cumberland & North Yarmouth - "Main Streets" of North Yarmouth and Cumberland

"A focal point for Main Street, Greely High School stands at the heart of Cumberland Center. Serving the high school students of Cumberland and North…"

Farmington: Franklin County's Shiretown - Brief History

"… in 1850, would eventually provide of a clean water system for the village; the system was developed because of the need of water for both…"