Maine Memory Network

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

"The engine was usually a gasoline car engine. A belt ran from the engine pulley to a hauling winch; and as long as the engine was running, the winch…"

Historic Hallowell - Train Wreck Of 1937

"The total numbers of cars that went off the rails were three. One rolled in to Mr. Frank Moore’s home next to the library and caused very little…"

Oakfield Historical Society

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Life on a Tidal River - The War Effort

"People were encouraged to ride together in cars. Although everything was rationed, there were still shortages; many items that would normally be…"

Life on a Tidal River - Bass Park: A History of Fillies, Fame, and Fun

"… long reign, Bass Park has seen it all: horse and car racing on its half-mile track, polo, baseball, circuses, soccer, carnivals, tractor pulls…"

Western Maine Foothills Region - Hugh J. Chisholm, Sr. - Page 2 of 2

"… that he had attended the dedication via special rail car, returning to Portland and then to his New York City apartment."

Farmington: Franklin County's Shiretown - Agriculture

"The car’s walls were lined with charcoal (which did not conduct the outside heat to the inside of the car) and ice was placed in a tube on either…"

Guilford, Maine - Special Events

"When the rail line was abandoned and the tracks taken up, it removed the natural barrier surrounding the fair grounds."

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

"… on the right looks over the temporary parapet (railing) of the bridge down onto the Lubec waterfront, still an active herring/sardine economy…"