Maine Memory Network

Guilford, Maine - Early Manufacturing - Page 1 of 3

"… Society In 1978, a new office building was constructed, and in 1985 a subsidiary was initiated, Wood Chips, Inc., to utilize waste products and…"

Mount Desert Island: Shaped by Nature - Third Generation and Beyond

"… seem odd to move the old structures and find a new use for them when new ones were built. More likely, due to economic and logistical necessity, it…"

Historic Hallowell - Protect and Serve - Hallowell Fire and Police

"When the first Town Hall was constructed in 1828 it included a small lock-up to house offenders overnight or on a short-term basis."

Historic Hallowell - Henry Pope Clearwater Ph.D.~ Patient Medicine Mass Marketer

"… from his Water Street location necessitated the construction of a new Post Office in Hallowell. His business at one point occupied an entire city…"

Belfast Free Library

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Lubec, Maine - S.S. Cumberland: Steamer Brought Passengers and Prosperity to Lubec but Met Tragic End

"Shares in the new venture sold quickly. S.S. Cumberland Onlookers await the S.S. Cumberland arriving from Boston for the first time.Lubec…"

Life on a Tidal River - Early Railroads in Bangor - Page 1 of 2

"Taney, and his crew surveyed the route and began construction. The company ran short of funds and the building ceased."

Thomaston: The Town that Went to Sea - Thomaston Expands - 1805 to 1846

"In the late 19th century, pre-existing wooden stores were gradually replaced with brick construction, creating the historic downtown streets one sees…"

Guilford, Maine - SPORTS - Page 1 of 3

"… not have a grandstand anymore; a new backstop was constructed. The town field is located along Water Street."

Swan's Island: Six miles east of ordinary - V. Changing times: the Swan’s Island Ferry

"New library under construction, Swan's Island, 2011Swan's Island Historical Society The identity of Swan’s Island and its residents, both…"

Western Maine Foothills Region - For The Love Of Paper - Page 2 of 4

"… Paper CHANGING OF THE HELM – FATHER TO SON Construction of B Machine at Oxford Paper Company, Rumford, 1915Greater Rumford Area Historical…"

Historic Hallowell - The Opening & Closing of Hallowell's Shoe Companies

"… of Maine Housing Authority, said that the construction of the new apartments would begin around November 1st and would be done approximately in…"

Islesboro--An Island in Penobscot Bay - Water Transportation

"Later, wharves were constructed at Ryder’s Cove, Hewes Point, Smith’s Landing and, by 1891, at Dark Harbor."

The General Henry Knox Museum

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Dyer Library/Saco Museum

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Guilford, Maine - BUILDINGS - Page 4 of 5

"When the construction was finished, the building had gone $750 over budget. Andrew Carnegie agreed to pay the $750 if the Town of Guilford agreed to…"

Thomaston: The Town that Went to Sea - Notable Residents

"William Keith sold a lot with a partially constructed house at the corner of Robinson and Main Street to a friend and business acquaintance of Henry…"

Thomaston: The Town that Went to Sea - 1850 to 1870

"… and brought back to Thomaston for new ship construction. Thomaston ships made regular runs between England and the south in the cotton export trade…"

Strong, a Mussul Unsquit village - "Fly Rod" Crosby - Page 3 of 3

"… Society Toward the end of her life she helped construct a catholic church in the village of Oquossoc, located between Rangeley and…"

Western Maine Foothills Region - Mt. Zircon Reservoir - Page 1 of 3

"Subsequent to this report, the bid for construction was awarded to Metcalf & Eddy with E. Worthington as the engineer, as of March 22, 1913."

Lincoln, Maine - Mattanawcook Academy

"… New Mattanawcook Academy building during construction photo donated by Sarah Crockett X The original Mattanwcook Academy was built in 1847 for…"

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

"… driven about 500 piles of the bridge now being constructed from the left bank of the Sandy River, across the intervening intervale, to their new…"

Mount Desert Island: Shaped by Nature - More on the Old Ell

"Asticou Garage Under Construction 1939Northeast Harbor Library After her mother died in 1941, Mame moved back to Maine and into the Old Ell…"

Lincoln, Maine - Railroads

"The construction started in 1864, and ended in 1868. However, the passenger railroad service didn't start until the early 1870s."