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Historic Hallowell - Day 3 - Page 1 of 2

"Day 3 Ice Storm, Second Street, Hallowell, 1998Hubbard Free Library On the third day of the ice storm there was a break in the storm."

Historic Hallowell - Post Office and Fire Station

"… to get to mail boxes? A Yes it was there were ice and branches blocking the mail box. The police are the only ones that can postpone the delivery…"

Historic Hallowell - Day 5

"… Free Library Red Cross's involvement in the Ice Storm What part did the American Red Cross play in the ice storm of ’98? The storm hit most of…"

Swan's Island: Six miles east of ordinary - Odd Fellows Hall

"… area that still holds a metal trough for icing drinks. The third floor is reserved for I.O.O.F. members."

Historic Hallowell - Hallowell Waterfront - Page 1 of 2

"Mr. Page’s Ice House was also located on the waterfront for easy access to ice. When the railroad was built, the waterfront was used less."

Historic Hallowell - Disasters - Natural and Man-made

"They chose the Flood of 1987 and the Ice Storm of 1998 as primary events but also chose the Hurricanes of 1954, the Blizzard of 1952, the train wreck…"

Historic Hallowell - Transportation

"… involved getting cotton to the mill, such as ice on the river, making it hard to get the cotton delivered."

Historic Hallowell - Hallowell Floods

"Ice harvesters had to say goodbye to their ice fields when they were flooded. Also the harvesters ice shacks were taken by the wind and down the…"

Swan's Island: Six miles east of ordinary - Bonnie and Donnie Staples' house

"… store sold a variety of food items such as the ice cream and candy that made it memorable to the younger islanders."

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

"The piers were built on the river ice during the winter months (January, February, and March) in 1893."

Swan's Island: Six miles east of ordinary - Islanders At Play

"… with friends for a game of softball or go ice skating. All that is needed is oneself and some free time."

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

"Special considerations of the impact of winter’s ice on the gatehouse were addressed in the Sawyer & Moulton Report."

Islesboro--An Island in Penobscot Bay - Historical Overview

"Ice Cleat, Islesboro, ca. 1860Islesboro Historical Society The water surrounding Islesboro makes for a more temperate climate than that of the…"

Western Maine Foothills Region - Peru

"… matches, ice cream spoons that came with Dixie ice cream cups, ice cream sticks, tongue depressors, candy sticks, coffee stirrers, Q-tip sticks…"

Western Maine Foothills Region - A Man's Life in a Suitcase

"His letters reveal that he helped get in the ice for summer, wood for winter, and hay for the animals. He lived on a farm on Roxbury Road in Mexico."

Western Maine Foothills Region - Mexico Corner

"… used when the river was low in summer and on the ice in winter. In 1901 the Red Bridge was built near this location."

Farmington: Franklin County's Shiretown - Lowell's General Store, Commerce, & the Railroad

"… the outside heat to the inside of the car) and ice was placed in a tube on either side of each door."

Western Maine Foothills Region - Fires in Rumford

"… cold winter night, and firemen were hampered by ice forming on their clothing, causing seven of them to be injured while fighting the fire."

Historic Hallowell - Lineman's Journal

"We had an ice storm in progress. I was driving to work when I saw a lot of fallen trees in the woods and branches on the road."

Strong, a Mussul Unsquit village - Strong's History - Page 1 of 4

"This was in the spring, and the ice had begun to melt. Dr. Bell was making one of his famous emergency calls, and he and the driver had to keep their…"

Farmington: Franklin County's Shiretown - Railroad into the Village

"… railroad bridge at this place against damage by ice freshets, three immense abutment ice-breakers are being constructed in the channel of the river…"

Historic Hallowell - Shipping

"… granite, wood ashes, lumber, sheep, chickens, and ice, according to Sam Webber, local historian. Some of the places that Hallowell shipped to were…"

Strong, a Mussul Unsquit village - The Bridge That Changed The Map

"A rampaging ice breakup destroyed it about ten years later. The next bridge was built by Jeremiah Ellsworth, with the help of Col."

Scarborough: They Called It Owascoag - Scarborough Marsh: "Land of Much Grass" - Page 1 of 4

"… of years ago when glaciers from the last ice age receded as the climate warmed. Silt from rivers and streams washed into low-lying, protected tidal…"