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New Portland: Bridging the Past to the Future - New Portland: Bridging the Past to the Future

"On the south it joins Anson and New Vineyard and on the west it is bordered by Freeman. The west line, also a part of the south line of New Portland…"

John Martin: Expert Observer - Thomas White Dry Good Emporium, Bangor, 1864

"The north and south stores were for retail sales. The brick building is captured in a drawing done by John Martin (1823-1904), an accountant and…"

John Martin: Expert Observer - Rufus Prince residence, Bangor, 1850

"… is east & north and the portion ocupied & used south & west I shall have to leave off the representations of two jogs one where the L joins the…"

Farmington: Franklin County's Shiretown - Meeting House Park

"… took the buildings on lower Broadway then headed south on the west side on Main Street. All the buildings burned on the west side except the Free…"

Mount Desert Island: Shaped by Nature - Economic History of Main Street, Northeast Harbor - Page 1 of 3

"… old marine store, near the cove at the South of the present wharf, smelling of all tarry seafaring things…” Kimball’s story sold hardware, dry…"

John Martin: Expert Observer - Harris House, Bangor, ca. 1850

"The illustration shows the south side and eastern front end of the house. He wrote that it was located at the "Bangor Olde Town & Millford Switch and…"

John Martin: Expert Observer - Division Street School, Bangor, 1865

"… installed. Martin wrote under the illustration, "South End and eastern side of Division Street school House situated on the north side of the…"

John Martin: Expert Observer - Third Parish Church, Bangor, 1865

"… and Maine State Museum Description The south side and west end of Third Parish Church, also known as Central Congregational Church, in…"

Thomaston: The Town that Went to Sea - Shipbuilding

"In the “History of Thomaston, Rockland and South Thomaston”, Cyrus Eaton refers to a Province sloop kept in the area for transport of settlers and…"

Strong, a Mussul Unsquit village - Early Schools

"… was on the east side of the Sandy River in the South Strong area at the junction of South Strong and the road now known as Knowlton Road."

Scarborough: They Called It Owascoag - Transportation Through the Years - Page 1 of 4

"… to connect with the Boston & Maine cars at South Berwick only if they were in sight; but, if not, the Portland, Saco & Portsmouth trains were to…"

Highlighting Historical Hampden - Expansion

"… shipping halted, the ice was harvested by a Hampden company, Dirigo Ice Company and shipped to cities in the south to help aid in refrigeration."

Highlighting Historical Hampden - Expansion

"… Dirigo Ice Company, and shipped to cities in the south to help aid in refrigeration. Although travel on the Penobscot River remained important to…"

Bath's Historic Downtown - Lincoln Block

"When summer came, workers would take the ice down south by ship where they could use it to keep things cold, so produce, meats, and dairy goods would…"

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

"… first time from Bangor to Portland, and points south. On November 1, 1856 the Waterville to Bangor line was leased to and operated by the…"

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

"There was a carding mill operated by Mr. Purvis south of the bridge, near Mr. Mountford's mill, but it crumbled to decay. Mr."

Presque Isle: The Star City - Arthur R. Gould

"… the Committee on the State School for Boys in South Portland. He felt that the school was badly needed."

Farmington: Franklin County's Shiretown - Railroad into the Village

"… the travel to reach the depots from the north and south without difficulty. Oct. 6, 1870: Upon the completion of the Railroad Bridge to this…"

Bath's Historic Downtown - The Customs House

"… of the Customs House, at 1 Front Street, south of Lambard Street, was started in 1852 and finished in 1858."

Bath's Historic Downtown - Ledyard Block

"To the south, at Union Wharf, King sold property to William Ledyard and Asa Palmer for $300 in 1806."

Bath's Historic Downtown - Intersection of Centre and Washington

"… of parting; to the east lies Woolwich, to the south Phippsburg, to the west, West Bath and Brunswick, and all the way up Washington Street is…"

Biddeford History & Heritage Project - VI. The deluge of industrial expansion & immigration (1865-1900) - Page 1 of 2

"The quarry on South Street was opened to supply stone for the Western Division Railroad built in 1872."

Bath's Historic Downtown - The Railroad Station

"… Free Library The current railroad station, just south of downtown at the south end of Commercial Street, was built in 1941."