Maine Memory Network

Biddeford History & Heritage Project - The Civil War/Reconstruction Era as Experienced in Biddeford & Saco - Page 8 of 17

"The Saco River’s waterpower aided in inflating the local lumber industry. J.G. Deering Lumber Company was a significant sawmill founded by Joseph G."

John Martin: Expert Observer - First balloon ascension, Bangor, 1857

"He said the balloon was about 30 feet tall when inflated. When the balloon went up, he wrote, "the sight was so sudden and so grand that hardly a…"

Portland Press Herald Glass Negative Collection - Crime & Disaster - Page 1 of 2

"By the time the fire department arrived, after 4 am, the "roof was undulating like an inflated balloon" (page five)."

Historic Hallowell - Whaling

"… a tool called a drogue, which is a wooden drum or inflated sealskin, that they tied to an arrow or harpoon so the whale would be tired enough so…"

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

"… totaling some 1400 acres, in a manner not to inflate their present rural value. This was accomplished by a local confidante, farmer Waldo…"