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Bath's Historic Downtown - Old Town Hall and Grant Building

"Old Town Hall and Grant Building Text by Jocelyn Bernier, Savannah Rice, Shawn Russell, and Cody Seekins 7th grade students at Bath Middle School…"

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Bath's Historic Downtown - Dreamland and Liberty

"Dreamland and Liberty Text by Frazier Metcalf and Deion Osmond 7th grade students from Bath Middle School Images from the Patten Free Library Where…"

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Bath's Historic Downtown - Welcome

"Welcome X X What do you get when you combine local history, curiosity, and technology with 60 seventh graders and their teachers from Bath…"

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Bath's Historic Downtown - Project Resources

"… Project Resources From the Sagadahoc History & Genealogy Room at the Patten Free Library Books & Manuscripts Baker, William Avery, 1973, “A…"

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Bath's Historic Downtown - Merchants' Row

"Merchants' Row Text by Dakota Elwell, Danyelle Layton, and Molly Turner 7th graders at Bath Middle School With images from the Patten Free Library…"

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Bath's Historic Downtown - Bath Savings Institution and Hyde Block

"Bath Savings Institution and Hyde Block Text by Alex Anderson, Justin Collander, Dylan Crowell, Matt Nelson, and Lauren Quimby 7th grade students at…"

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Bath's Historic Downtown - Welcome

"Welcome What do you get when you combine Bath history, curiosity, and technology with 60 seventh graders and their teachers from Bath Middle School…"

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Early Maine Photography - Landscape Photography - Page 3 of 3

"… in August, 1861, the Mount Washington Carriage Road Company opened the road to the top. This rare glass stereo view shows Abner Lowell seated atop…"

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

"It is presently a two span concrete t-beam bridge constructed by the Maine State Highway commission in 1921."

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

"New road construction projects were not always well received by property owners whose land was bisected by the new byways, and early records tell…"

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South Portland Public Library

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Dover-Foxcroft Historical Society

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Thomaston: The Town that Went to Sea - Shipbuilding

"… is no written record of trading vessels being constructed in Thomaston until the late 18th century."

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

"Additions were constructed, new entrances were added, and the small side streets could no longer adequately handle the traffic."

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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."

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

"In the late 19th century, pre-existing wooden stores were gradually replaced with brick construction, creating the historic downtown streets one sees…"

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Mount Desert Island: Shaped by Nature - Bar Harbor: Building of Arts

"… the building and raise the appropriate funds for construction. Land on the Cromwell Harbor Road, near the Kebo Valley Club was selected “not only…"

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

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

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Thomaston: The Town that Went to Sea - Prison is Established - 1823

"… 56 individual cells to be dug into the ground, constructed so “that even their aspect might be terrific, and appear like what they should…dark and…"

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Swan's Island: Six miles east of ordinary - Redmen's Hall

"Redmen’s Hall was a two-story building constructed around 1905 in Swan’s Island village. From the waterfront, the hall stood out tall against the…"

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

"Road construction towards bridge, Lubec, 1962 Lubec Historical Society Final work on international bridge, Lubec, 1962 Lubec Historical Society…"

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

"In 1835 construction began again and on November 20, 1836 the first train ran from Bangor to Old Town, and the line opened to the public on the 29th…"

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Western Maine Foothills Region - Rumford - Page 2 of 4

"This building was constructed in 1903 with an Andrew Carnegie Foundation. It was enlarged in 1969 by the addition of a new extension on the rear of…"

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

"… of building the Aroostook railroad, the Aroostook Construction Company was formed. At the time they were just building the railroad."