Maine Memory Network

Museum at Portland Head

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Stockholm Historical Society

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South Portland Public Library

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Greater Portland Landmarks

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North Yarmouth Historical Society

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Swan's Island: Six miles east of ordinary - III. Boom, bustle, bust: The Steamboat Years to WWII

"… 1872 the Burnt Coat Harbor Light Station was in operation. Communication also improved with the advent of the telephone in the 1890s, putting…"

Swan's Island: Six miles east of ordinary - Andrew Smith Store

"… was run out of a portion of his home, and was in operation at least from 1920-1941 (his marriage license in 1923 lists him as a merchant)."

South Bristol Historical Society

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Pittsfield Historical Society

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Highlighting Historical Hampden - Expansion

"… Hampden mill, the Norton Paper Mill, began operation using machinery to make paper on a continuous roll."

Thomaston: The Town that Went to Sea - Henry Knox: Lime Works

"… Prison site on Main Street in Thomaston, and he operated kilns on the bank of the river, just upriver of where the Waterfront Market on Wadsworth…"

Life on a Tidal River - Bangor: Healthcare Center of Eastern and Central Maine - Page 1 of 2

"The original building was fairly small for a hospital and it is unbelievable to see how substantially it has grown into a major operation."

Lincoln, Maine - Workman's Hospital

"It was the last private hospital to ever operate in Maine. Dakota Ireland “Create a ‘why’ question, research the answer, and create response…"

Skowhegan History House

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Lubec, Maine - Klondike: Lubec's Gold from Sea Water Hoax

"He also claimed that the idea came to him “in a vision.” It is more likely that the location was chosen to make the operation less accessible to…"

Islesboro--An Island in Penobscot Bay - Businesses and Cottage Industries

"… become seriously threatened by the huge cost of operation, reduced prices plus a wide and mostly unexplained inconsistency in the yearly catch."

Highlighting Historical Hampden - Riverside Park

"The trolley was later owned and operated by the Bangor Railway and Electric Company. The Bangor, Hampden & Winterport Electric Company trolley…"

Caribou Public Library

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Surry by the Bay - Nineteenth Century

"… is left today to show that a once busy shipyard operated at the end of Newbury Neck, but William Coggins, the shipyard owner, was an astute…"

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

"… the company with its first major manufacturing operation in the northeast, and provided its first coated paper manufacturing capability."

Maine's Swedish Colony, July 23, 1870 - Eureka Hall, Stockholm

"… in the early 1920s by the Odd Fellows and they operated it for ten years. It was turned over to the Eureka Club and later to Albert Anderson."

Historic Hallowell - Protect and Serve - Hallowell Fire and Police

"… old Town Hall building on Second Street where it exists today, making it one of the oldest continuously operating fire stations in New England."

Historic Hallowell - Early Industry and Bombahook

"… of many important Hallowell manufacturing operations. The Milliken sawmill is on the left. The Fuller Foundry and Knickerbocker's Ice House are on…"

Historic Hallowell - Ice Storm Day 2

"500 CMP operators taking calls made 1.5 million transactions 4. More than 4 million people without electricity in the Northeastern US and Canada."