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Historic Hallowell - Wire, Ice, and Iron Industries

"… Milliken's Crossing, Looking north on Water Street, Hallowell, ca. 1933Hubbard Free Library They settled there because of the plentiful water…"

Historic Hallowell - Eastern Illustrating Company

"… focusing their lenses on locally known landmarks, street scenes, country stores and businesses, events and people."

Historic Hallowell - Important Buildings and Institutions

"As he passes through its long, parallel streets or up and down its sloping hillsides, he will still see the handsome, spacious houses of the early…"

Historic Hallowell - Protect and Serve - Hallowell Fire and Police

"… Department moved from its location on Winthrop Street to the old Town Hall building on Second Street where it exists today, making it one of the…"

Historic Hallowell - Classical and Scientific Academy

"… Classical & Scientific Academy, Central Street, Hallowell, ca. 1880Hubbard Free Library The Hallowell Classical and Scientific Academy was…"

Historic Hallowell - Keeping Us Safe: Fire Department and Police Force

"… Force Ingraham's Corner, Winthrop and Water Streets, Hallowell, ca. 1895Hubbard Free Library The fire department and police department have…"

Historic Hallowell - Hallowell Ice Storm Poem

"… crushing stiff utility lines and littering the street in disarray. Saplings drooped, mourning the lost boughs at their feet."

Historic Hallowell - The Hallowell Union Fire Club

"… and use music in a parade going up and down the streets to express the fires they had defeated! Some of Hallowell's early "fire fighters" included…"

Historic Hallowell - Hallowell Ice Storm of 1998

"… Storm of 1998 Ice Storm, Academy and Middle streets, Hallowell, 1998 Intersection of Academy and Middle Streets, Hallowell.Hubbard Free…"

Historic Hallowell - Day 8

"… 14th the storm ended leaving behind ice coated streets, cars, power lines, tree limbs and many houses without heat and power."

Historic Hallowell - The Tiger and the Lion

"The Tiger and the Lion Tiger Pumper, Second Street Fire Station, Hallowell, ca. 1900Hubbard Free Library Hallowell’s second fire engine was…"

Historic Hallowell - Communication

"… Hallowell Cotton Mill, Academy Street, ca. 1885Hubbard Free Library According to Sumner Webber, local historian, “People in the first half…"

Historic Hallowell - Hallowell House

"… building spanned eighty-four feet on Second Street, rose five stories high, stretched one-hundred and twenty-three feet--forty-seven feet of the…"

Historic Hallowell - Volunteer Firefighters and their Fire Clothes

"Fire Department Ladder Wagon, Second Street, Hallowell, 1913Hubbard Free Library Volunteer firefighters are always on call whereas career firemen or…"

Historic Hallowell - Hallowell Waterfront - Page 2 of 2

"The wharf was located on Water Street. Wharfs were used for launching boats off of a ramp. The boats that were launched from the wharf would…"

Historic Hallowell - Hallowell Waterfront - Page 1 of 2

"… the waterfront was used by people along Water Street and a lumber company. Shepard's Wharf was also on the waterfront and was the head of…"

Historic Hallowell - Thomas Bond House

"His place of business was on Water Street and his residence is described as.."n. Hallowell House". An 1879 Kennebec County map shows the occupant of…"

Historic Hallowell - Day 3 - Page 1 of 2

"Day 3 Ice Storm, Second Street, Hallowell, 1998Hubbard Free Library On the third day of the ice storm there was a break in the storm."

Historic Hallowell - Hallowell Iron Foundry

"… Iron works was located on the South End of Water Street. It is very rare that a family became so involved in public affairs like the Fuller family…"

Historic Hallowell - Transportation

"Transportation Cotton Mill, Academy Street, Hallowell, ca. 1885Hubbard Free Library Cotton was delivered to the Cotton Mill on the Kennebec…"

Historic Hallowell - Blizzards in Hallowell

"Blizzards in Hallowell Blizzard, Union Street looking west, Hallowell, 1952Hubbard Free Library The blizzard of 1952 took place throughout the…"

Historic Hallowell - The Opening & Closing of Hallowell's Shoe Companies

"Hallowell Cotton Mill, Academy Street, ca. 1885Hubbard Free Library The O’Brien Electrophone Company was organized in Hallowell in 1905 and occupied…"

Historic Hallowell - Hallowell History From a 7th Grade Perspective

"Mahoney showing the "Tiger" on the Museum in the Streets exhibit X Hall-Dale 2011 In 2010-2011 school year eighty Hall-Dale Middle School…"

Historic Hallowell - Industry at the Mouth of the Vaughan Stream

"It was made in the McClench Machine Shop on Water Street. JHallowell residents, Jude Rice and Dr. Hill, supplied the money to build the automobile."