Maine Memory Network

Sedgwick-Brooklin Historical Society

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Fryeburg Historical Society

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Presque Isle: The Star City - Presque Isle’s Historic Fire Station

"… station until the current facility was built on North Street in 2001. At that time, ownership of the historic fire station was transferred to…"

Prince Memorial Library

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Aroostook Historical and Art Museum

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Thomaston: The Town that Went to Sea - Shipbuilding Declines - 1857 to 1861

"… lined the south side of Water Street, while the north side was lined with houses of shipworkers, riggers and tradesmen."

Historic Hallowell - History of The Cotton Mill

"It was being built between Second Street and Water Street. It was created by George Robinson and backed by Justin E. Smith, John P. Flagg, Eben G."

Swan's Island Historical Society

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Strong, a Mussul Unsquit village - The Railroad

"… stopped at Farmington, so several communities north of Farmington decided to build a railroad to open the region for wood transport and for…"

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

"It is bordered on the north side by Kingfield and Lexington, and on the east by Embden. On the south it joins Anson and New Vineyard and on the west…"

Historic Hallowell - Joppa

"Webber, Sr., an individual partner North Joppa, Temple Street Corner, Hallowell, 1896Hubbard Free Library"

Historic Hallowell - Hallowell Waterfront - Page 1 of 2

"Joppa Looking North, Hallowell, 1870Courtesy of Sumner A. Webber, Sr., an individual partner In the late 1880’s, Joppa was a waterfront section of…"

Thomaston: The Town that Went to Sea - Shipbuilding Industry Expands - 1850 to 1857

"… Robinson, McCallum and Counce, sold land on the north side of Water Street to Christian Henry Bohndel, a ship’s rigger, who was born in Denmark and…"

Thomaston: The Town that Went to Sea - Early Wharves and Yards - 1795 to 1825

"Currently, this is the site of the Lyman Morse Boatbuilding Co. wharf, east of the Wadsworth Street bridge."

New Portland: Bridging the Past to the Future - Bridges of West New Portland

"Located on the main street and constructed in 1923. It is a two span concrete slab bridge and is the western bridge of the pair."

Thomaston: The Town that Went to Sea - Early Shipbuilders - 1780s

"… be cut according to requirements and then shipped north for construction and assemblage on the shores along Water Street. <-Prev."

John Martin: Expert Observer - Thomas White Dry Good Emporium, Bangor, 1864

"The north and south stores were for retail sales. The brick building is captured in a drawing done by John Martin (1823-1904), an accountant and…"

John Martin: Expert Observer - Rufus Prince residence, Bangor, 1850

"… building to show as the front & face is east & north and the portion ocupied & used south & west I shall have to leave off the representations of…"

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

"With increased shipbuilding along Water Street, this location was found to be more convenient for trading, and new business blocks were built to…"

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

"European and North American RR European and North American Railroad Western Depot, Bangor, 1904Bangor Public Library The European and North…"

Kennebunkport Historical Society

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Presque Isle: The Star City - Aroostook Valley Railroad

"The freight office (seen here) was on Dyer Street. Another building used by the Aroostook Valley Railroad during its last few years of operation…"

Farmington: Franklin County's Shiretown - Stephen Titcomb and the Settlement of the Sandy River Valley

"Rumford Smith. They followed a west-north-west compass route and crossed the Sandy River at about what we now call the New Sharon Village."

Thomaston: The Town that Went to Sea - Thomaston Narrative

"… it bends west for a short distance before heading north and inland some 40 miles to the village of Warren and beyond."