Maine Memory Network

Scarborough: They Called It Owascoag - Historical Overview - Page 2 of 4

"… and by the late 1800s five different diking companies had become involved. However, diking and development of roads and rail lines across the marsh…"

Presque Isle: The Star City - Loading sugar beets, Aroostook County, ca. 1975

"… Description Sugar beets being loaded from a bulk truck to a Bangor and Aroostook gondola car. In the 1970s, potato farmers in Aroostook County…"

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

"… page 10 that shows two young men loading a potato truck was taken on the Myron Gartley Farm in Presque Isle in 1976, about the time Mr Gartley…"

Presque Isle: The Star City - Carroll's Auto Sales Buildings

"At first, Skippy sold all kinds of used cars and trucks. A few years later, he purchased the Brewer Chevrolet franchise and facilities in 1961."

Surry by the Bay - Early Twentieth Century

"Fires First fire truck, Surry, 1947Surry Historical Society Surry has experienced many bad fires, including a disastrous forest fire in 1822…"

Presque Isle: The Star City - Presque Isle’s Historic Fire Station

"… was built in 1950 to house the larger ladder trucks. When the municipal offices relocated next door in 1960, the building continued to serve as the…"

Presque Isle: The Star City - Harvesting Potatoes - Page 5 of 13

"The unpicked potatoes would be in the way of the truck passing through to unload empty barrels or to pick up full ones."

Strong, a Mussul Unsquit village - The Bridge That Changed The Map

"Cargo truck accident, Strong, ca. 1915Strong Historical Society This bridge was completed in 1857 and served Strong for nearly 65 years."

Presque Isle: The Star City - National Community Christmas Tree - 1959

"… School builds the frame to secure the tree on the truck and railroad flatcar. Santa and crew ready to cut tree, Presque Isle, 1953Presque Isle…"

Guilford, Maine - BUILDINGS - Page 2 of 5

"The town got an International Fire Truck in 1956. This truck had a 750 midship pump, an 800 gallon tank with two booster reels, and other necessary…"

Islesboro--An Island in Penobscot Bay - Businesses and Cottage Industries

"… salesman with the latest footwear, the vegetable truck, the dairy wagon and even the local merchant who arrived in a large panel truck, laden with…"

Lincoln, Maine - Cars, Model T

"Cars and trucks are made differently. Cars and trucks are made more professionally, and they can be very luxurious."

Historic Hallowell - Logging

"… shipped down the Kennebec River anymore, for trucks are used instead as transportation. The process of logging has changed throughout the years…"

Lubec, Maine - Susie Calder: Lubec's Sardine Queen

"… mother worked she used to ride on the back of a truck that would come and pick her up. J: Your mother, with 12 children, how did she have time to…"

Historic Hallowell - Police and Fire Citations

""Hallowell Raises Funds to Restore Historic Fire Truck."  The Kennebec Journal [augusta] 31 Oct. 1990."

Swan's Island: Six miles east of ordinary - V. Changing times: the Swan’s Island Ferry

"Whether they are carried by a horse drawn wagon, or a 320 horsepower truck, the island spirit survives."

Guilford, Maine - Pre-Settlement And The First 100 Years

"In 1931 the Town purchased their first fire truck, a 1931 Ford which is still running today. Turner House in Winter, Guilford, ca."

Pejepscot Historical Society

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Skowhegan Community History - A Brief History of the Skowhegan Area

"The last drive was in 1976, and huge logging trucks have replaced the river in the transporting of logs to the mills."

Islesboro--An Island in Penobscot Bay - Historical Overview

"The Red Wing brought the first tar truck to the island to oil the roads. Governor Brann Ferry, Islesboro, ca."