Maine Memory Network

Guilford, Maine - Modern History: 1966 to Present

"Two new bridges were built, the library was renovated, and zoning ordinances were drafted, but not accepted so the entire planning board resigned in…"

Farmington: Franklin County's Shiretown - The Abbott School

"… that Jacob had started on the property, built bridges modeled after famous bridges throughout the world, added shrubs and trees creating a virtual…"

Great Cranberry Island Historical Society

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Thomaston: The Town that Went to Sea - Emerson Letter

"… Transcription Camp of Maine 4th Near Bottoms Bridge Eight Miles from Richmond May 27, 1862 Friend Marietta Camp of ME 4th Near Bottoms Bridge…"

Guilford, Maine - Historic Buildings - Page 1 of 2

"The entrance to the covered bridge is on the right of this photo. Bank Square, Guilford, ca. 1880Guilford Historical Society Bank Square -…"

Scarborough: They Called It Owascoag - Maritime Tales: Shipyards and Shipwrecks - Page 1 of 2

"Before roads, railroad bridges and tide gates, ocean water overflowed the marsh at high tide. Boats were able to sail up the Scarborough River and…"

Farmington: Franklin County's Shiretown - Chester Greenwood

"Zina was a bridge builder, a wagon & carriage builder and a businessman in the Corn Canning Industry."

Cumberland & North Yarmouth - Representative Industries of Cumberland and North Yarmouth

"Purvis south of the bridge, near Mr. Mountford's mill, but it crumbled to decay. Mr. L. H. Wilson's mill on the same stream is on the site of an old…"

Surry by the Bay - Nineteenth Century

"Main Street and bridge, Surry, 1912Surry Historical Society Probably because Surry originated in East Surry, which was tightly tied to Ellsworth…"

Guilford, Maine - BUILDINGS - Page 2 of 5

"It was located on the north end of the bridge. After, Piscataquis Woolen Company built the mill and the store was moved by the office of Straw and…"

Surry by the Bay - Early Twentieth Century

"When the Waldo-Hancock Bridge opened in 1931, this marvel of engineering provided a much easier mode of transportation at a time when more and more…"

Blue Hill, Maine - Discover the Story of Blue Hill - Page 2 of 4

"… the stone was prized for the construction of bridges and large buildings in fast-growing American cities."

Historic Hallowell - A Post-Revolutionary Generation

"… trade, turnpikes, physics, brick machines etc., bridges, bank stock, Society To Direct Foreigners, aquaducts etc., etc., etc."

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…"

Life on a Tidal River - Bangor Man Rats Out Brady Gang - Page 1 of 2

"… poker, reading, singing, playing tennis, and bridge. He was also physically fit and was a very hard worker."

Guilford, Maine - BUSINESSES - Page 3 of 3

"… 18, 1879, the first casualty occurred at Low’s Bridge. Since there was no siding, cars that had to be loaded were left on the track and had to be…"

Scarborough: They Called It Owascoag - Roads: From Footpaths to Super Highway

"Since there were no bridges, brooks and rivers were crossed at wading places or by ferry. By 1653, the King’s Highway reached from Portland to…"

Cumberland & North Yarmouth - "Main Streets" of North Yarmouth and Cumberland

"… New Gloucester Road at Walnut Hill to the lower bridge on the Presumpscot River in Falmouth; this was the beginning of planning for present day…"

Lincoln, Maine - That Pioneer Spirit

"So great was the pressure under the bridge that the water burst through the road surface, leaving a hole a yard in diameter."

Aroostook Historical and Art Museum

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Mount Desert Island: Shaped by Nature - Basketball: From Rivals to Teammates

"Casino and Bridge Street, ca. 1901 This is the Casino that was located on Cottage Street in Bar Harbor, where high school basketball was played."

Presque Isle: The Star City - Arthur R. Gould

"… money and encouragement to replace the wooden bridge originally built across the Presque Isle Stream on State Street by Presque Isle founder…"

Mantor Library, University of Maine Farmington

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