Maine Memory Network

Surry by the Bay - Nineteenth Century

"… 10:30 at night, there would be lobster boat lights flashing all along the Neck and the boats would come in, off-load liquor, and load it onto Old…"

Presque Isle: The Star City - Arthur R. Gould

"The additional generator would furnish an additional 1000 lights. The electric company asked Gould to take over the business as General Manager."

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

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

Lincoln, Maine - Post Office

"If you don’t know when to pay them, then your lights might get shut off or your water might stop working."

Western Maine Foothills Region - Leonard Trask, the Wonderful Invalid

"… was at least two months before he was able to do light work, and then only in great pain. He could work no more than an hour at a time before he…"

Colby College Special Collections

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Guilford, Maine - Special Events

"… excitement, whistles blowing, parades and torch light processions. Once more we would welcome our soldiers home and once more we would live in…"

Bangor Public Library

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Otisfield Historical Society

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Presque Isle: The Star City - Aroostook Valley Railroad

"A light inspection of the equipment was done daily with more rigorous inspection performed twice a month by the one repair man."

Life on a Tidal River - William S. Cohen, The Man and the School

""Education is like lighting a flame in your mind." Item courtesy of the University of Maine Special Collections. X Sports taught Bill discipline."

Lincoln, Maine - Telegraphs & Telephones

"Print. Ser. 3. King, George R. “Lincoln Light Power CO.” Lincoln Historical Society (1993): 252-54. Print. Whig and Courier. 1887th ser."

Presque Isle: The Star City - History of Presque Isle

"… handsome mercantile blocks, with banks, electric lights, water systems equal to the best, and sewerage systems well under way."

Islesboro--An Island in Penobscot Bay - Historical Overview

"The Grindle Point Light House was built in 1850 at the entrance of Gilkey Harbor. A keeper lived in the house to keep the lantern lit around the…"

Mantor Library, University of Maine Farmington

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Skowhegan Community History - A Brief History of the Skowhegan Area

"… of the Norridgewocks is a long and sad one in light of the fact that these people fought and lost a battle for their very existence on land they…"

Eastern Maine Medical Center

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Farmington: Franklin County's Shiretown - Brief History

"… it provided the first street and traffic lights. As the town grew, the downtown business district began to thrive."