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Biddeford History & Heritage Project - VII. Flow and ebb: the effects of industrial peak & global upheaval (1900-1955) - Page 1 of 3

"… it a true urban area: city water (1885), electric lights (1886), the horse-drawn and then electric street railway (1888, 1892)."

Strong, a Mussul Unsquit village - A Murder In Strong

"… care of his sheep in a pasture far from the Libby house. He claimed that he took an unusual route to the pasture."

Strong, a Mussul Unsquit village - Strong's History - Page 3 of 4

"Most houses had a well, but as the village grew, residents formed the Strong Water District in 1908, laying a water line from nearby Day Mountain…"

Mercy Hospital - School of Nursing - Page 2 of 3

"… of Nursing students, Portland, 1977Northern Light Mercy Hospital Like all schools, Queen’s Hospital Training School developed its own customs."

Presque Isle: The Star City - National Community Christmas Tree - 1959

"… It has been a tradition for our President to light a national Christmas tree beginning in 1923 with President Calvin Coolidge."

Historic Hallowell - Uniforms and Expenses

"Police officers wore light undershirts and a heavier warmer jacket to cover them, and these two items were normally tan and brown.The fabrics were…"

Historic Hallowell - Cotton Mill & Johnson Shoe Citations

"pag. Potter, Betty. “Night Lights Burn At Hallowell Shoe.” Kennebec Journal 19 May 1964: N. pag. Snell, Katherine//Ledew, Vincent."

Baldwin Historical Society

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Mercy Hospital - Growth & Expansion - Page 1 of 2

"… the new Mercy Hospital, Portland, 1941Northern Light Mercy Hospital In 1941, as the United States stood on the brink of entering another world…"

Mercy Hospital - Sisters of Mercy

"Marcia, Little Diamond Island, 1950Northern Light Mercy Hospital By 1830, church officials were strongly encouraging Catherine McAuley to stabilize…"

Mercy Hospital - Growth & Expansion - Page 2 of 2

"1941Northern Light Mercy Hospital Mercy’s expansion allowed it to continue to be at the forefront of twentieth-century medical enhancements."

Mercy Hospital - Founding of Mercy

"1930 Queen's Hospital EntranceNorthern Light Mercy Hospital The demand for a hospital was so great that Bishop Walsh decided to establish a new one."

Historic Hallowell - Ice Storm Interviews - Page 2 of 2

"We then decided that we needed some lights. So we had a couple of those hurricane lamps that also used kerosene, but we had to figure out how to…"

Farmington: Franklin County's Shiretown - Early Settlers

"… Farmington, Jonathan left an article that sheds light on questions that survive his lifetime. In our collection, we have a “Day Book” or ledger…"

Life on a Tidal River - The Bangor Fire of 1911 - Page 1 of 2

"It was so light when we got [to] the tin bridge that we didn't need head lights and when struck there the flames looked miles high in front of us and…"

Lincoln, Maine - Weatherbee Hardware

"If people needed a new light bulb because theirs went out they would need to wait another day to get it if the Weatherbee Hardware store wasn’t there."

Thomaston: The Town that Went to Sea - Henry Knox

"Nothing could be more light than the breeze, and nothing more quiet than the vessel. Indeed, Mrs. Knox complained that the rocking was not sufficient…"

Life on a Tidal River - The War Effort

"During the war, even the lights on the Thomas Hill Standpipe, which supplied the water for the city of Bangor, were extinguished, and the tower…"

Mercy Hospital - Mercy & the Community

"… Frances Tryon, Portland, 1946Northern Light Mercy Hospital Mercy Hospital has a long history of community involvement that stretches back to…"

Mount Desert Island: Shaped by Nature - Rustication

"Soon an electric light company was set up that could handle 5,000 lamps. By 1882 Rodick House, now the largest summer hotel in America, could hold…"

Seashore Trolley Museum

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Historic Hallowell - The Vaughan Stream & Sawmills

"… industry along the Bombahook, the Kennebec Light and Heat Company, was the first supplier of an electric current to Hallowell."

Guilford, Maine - BUILDINGS - Page 1 of 5

"… been converted into a studio for pictures, with lighting and the whole works. The downstairs has the artifacts, books, and newsletters."

Western Maine Foothills Region - Rumford - Page 1 of 4

"These included the building of the Rumford Falls Light and Water Company, which subdivided into the subsequent Rumford/Mexico Water District (with…"