Maine Memory Network

Western Maine Foothills Region - Building Boom and Piers above the Falls

"28th which calls for active operations all around. The Chemical Association are the first to be ready for water."

John Martin: Expert Observer - John Martin's Journal

"Martin's fascination with new inventions, with architecture, with dance, with education, with gardening, and with the ins and outs of operating…"

Mercy Hospital - School of Nursing - Page 3 of 3

"… that Sister Gloria LeVasseur “enjoyed the operating room experience she received at Madigan” when asking permission to attend summer workshops. In…"

Mercy Hospital - Growth & Expansion - Page 2 of 2

"… improvements included a radioisotope scanner, operating microscope and other instruments for microsurgery of the middle ear, and mobile equipment…"

Portland Press Herald Glass Negative Collection - Aviation

"Jones, WWI flight instructor, had a hangar and operated a small airport at Old Orchard Beach, which served as the epicenter of early aviation in…"

Lubec, Maine - Timeline

"… 1812 • War of 1812 leads to extensive smuggling operations between British and American territories along Passamaquoddy Bay 1814 • Eastport…"

Lincoln, Maine - Other Early Hospitals

"… the small town of Lincoln where he first helped operate two hospitals, on West Broadway. The hospitals were the Stratton Hospital and the Margaret…"

Maine's Swedish Colony, July 23, 1870 - Industry

"The Stockholm Lumber Company was operated by Charles and Carl Milliken (later a Governor of Maine). The company also built a large boarding house, a…"

Mount Desert Island: Shaped by Nature - Summary: The Future: Recycle or Start from Scratch?

"An adept and skilled backhoe operator can efficiently dismantle a 1,500 square foot house and put its mangled pieces in a dumpster to be hauled off…"

Mount Desert Island: Shaped by Nature - Guiding Services for Sport Hunters

"… fish cannery in Southwest Harbor and oversaw the operation for two decades. Beginning in 1883, he and Joe ventured into the woods together every…"

Mount Desert Island: Shaped by Nature - Economic History of Main Street, Northeast Harbor - Page 2 of 3

"During World War II, the Crobb Box Company operated an ammunition case factory on Neighborhood Road. Main Street in Northeast Harbor, ca."

Historic Hallowell - Industry at the Mouth of the Vaughan Stream

"… Mill, Machine Shop, and the Slate & Plaster Mill operated along the Vaughan Stream in 1800ʼs. The first automobile in Maine was made in Hallowell…"

Farmington: Franklin County's Shiretown - Chester Greenwood

"He owned and operated Franklin Telephone & Telegraph, which he expanded east toward New Sharon and north to the Phillips area."

Farmington: Franklin County's Shiretown - Lowell's General Store, Commerce, & the Railroad

"The Sandy River narrow gauge railroad ceased operating in 1935 and the Maine Central RR ran its last passenger train in 1957."

Highlighting Historical Hampden - Expansion

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

Lubec, Maine - Building the Roosevelt Bridge to Campobello - Page 1 of 3

"… Brothers' flat bottomed, square bow skiff, operated by one of the contractor’s crew. “There were often subtle remarks about which boat was more…"

Islesboro--An Island in Penobscot Bay - Water Transportation

"The Red Wing, owned and operated by Leroy McCorison transported cars for $4.00 between 1934 and 1936. It could carry four passenger cars."

Bath's Historic Downtown - The Railroad Station

"The Fernando Gorges, which operated from 1909 to 1927, could also carry locomotives. With the opening of the Carlton Bridge in 1927, train ferries…"

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

"… however, most of the vessels built were owned and operated by Thomaston citizens. During this period, Thomaston Down Easters, designed with fewer…"

Guilford, Maine - EVENTS - Page 1 of 3

"Volunteer fire departments don’t operate the same way. They could be called in at anytime. The Guilford Fire Department is a volunteer fire…"

Guilford, Maine - Veterans Tributes - Page 2 of 2

"For ten months she worked at his side on Operation Overlord, the planning for the D-Day landings in Normandy in 1944."

Lincoln, Maine - That Pioneer Spirit

"Mr. Weatherbee owned and operated Weatherbee Hardware on the opposite side of the street. The store needed to expand, and Mr."

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Skyline Farm

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