Maine Memory Network

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…"

Bath's Historic Downtown - Intersection of Centre and Washington

"Intersection of Centre and Washington Text by Kyle Hietala, Savannah Silva, and Micheal Stinson 7th grade students at Bath Middle School Images from…"

Bath's Historic Downtown - Lincoln Block

"Lincoln Block Text by Isla Brazier, Brody Losier, Haley Scott, and Brianna Swain 7th grade students at Bath Middle School With images from the…"

Bath's Historic Downtown - 94 Front Street

"94 Front Street By Kyle Hietala The Building Front Street, in Bath, Maine has been one of the most densely packed business areas throughout the…"

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…"

Presque Isle: The Star City - Harvesting Potatoes - Page 12 of 13

"The truck driver has to drive the truck very smoothly, no quick starts or stops. A quick start could cause man and barrel to fall off the back of the…"

Scarborough: They Called It Owascoag - Scarborough Marsh: "Land of Much Grass" - Page 2 of 4

"Moses Banks’ 1784 survey map became the basis for all marsh lot purchases, work and disputes involving these companies."

Lincoln, Maine - Ariel G. Edwards, WW II soldier, Lincoln, 1943

"He served in the 3706th Quartermaster Truck Company stationed in England, France, and Germany. He was both a mail clerk and truck driver during his…"

Presque Isle: The Star City - Potato Harvest Memories - Page 2 of 5

"When the truck went by Edwena never got a barrel. It was my grandfather, who was on the truck teasing her."

Scarborough: They Called It Owascoag - Scarborough Marsh: "Land of Much Grass" - Page 4 of 4

"… “An Act to Incorporate the Little River Dyking Company.” Chapter 533, 1871 ------ “An Act to Incorporate the Southgate Dyking Company.” Chapter…"

Scarborough: They Called It Owascoag - Transportation Through the Years - Page 2 of 4

"… of the rails of the Biddeford & Saco Railroad Company to those of the Portland Railroad Company.(2) Scarborough would have trolley service at last…"

Presque Isle: The Star City - Harvesting Potatoes - Page 8 of 13

"The truck was driven back to the potato field so that the empties could be dropped onto the picker's sections."

Presque Isle: The Star City - Harvesting Potatoes - Page 7 of 13

"Early potato-barrel truck bodies had a unique style with a box over the wheels to give clearance and with stakes around the outside that allowed a…"

Presque Isle: The Star City - Harvesting Potatoes - Page 9 of 13

"Other trucks had a hydraulic hoist. These were operated by the truck driver. Families from the northern part of Aroostook from the Fort Kent…"

Scarborough: They Called It Owascoag - Catch of the Day: Clamming and Lobstering - Page 1 of 4

"Burnham & Morrill was the first company in the United States to commercialize clamming. Its first factory began operations at the end of Seavey’s…"

Presque Isle: The Star City - Carroll's Auto Sales - Page 2 of 3

"… a lot of money that day! It took three carrier trucks to bring all of the farm trucks to Presque Isle. The average car cost about$2,500 dollars."

Scarborough: They Called It Owascoag - Historical Overview - Page 3 of 4

"… when the rails of the Biddeford and Saco Railroad Company were finally connected to those of the Portland Railroad Company, connecting South…"

Strong, a Mussul Unsquit village - "Fly Rod" Crosby - Page 2 of 3

"… with the introduction of the automobile and trucking industry, ridership began to decline. In 1936 the railroad disbanded, ripped up the tracks…"

Strong, a Mussul Unsquit village - Strong's History - Page 1 of 4

"… industries, giving way only when automobiles and trucks became affordable. Around 1880, the town experienced an industrial boom."

Scarborough: They Called It Owascoag - Catch of the Day: Clamming and Lobstering - Page 3 of 4

"… lobster that exceeded the range of smack boats, companies such as Burnham & Morrill began canning lobster meat."

Scarborough: They Called It Owascoag - Catch of the Day: Clamming and Lobstering - Page 4 of 4

"… act allowing existence of the Southgate Diking Company. Scarborough Historical Society Collection: Clamming Thurlow, Bruce."

Scarborough: They Called It Owascoag - Historical Overview - Page 1 of 4

"… the Council for New England had granted several companies portions of the same territory from the Piscataqua to the Penobscot."

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

"The railroad company, a wholly owned subsidiary of the Eastern Railroad, was the first link between Portland and Boston and points south."

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

"A Portland salvage company removed as much cargo and salvageable parts as possible, but local residents scavenged much of the Middleton’s cargo of…"