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Beyond Borders - Mapping Maine and the Northeast Boundary - Project Home

"… contemporary topics such as Indigenous land and water rights; and the preservation and use of public lands."

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Presque Isle: The Star City - History of Presque Isle

"… had its first water company, the Presque Isle Water Company, which built and operated the reservoir at Mantle Lake to supply the town with water…"

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Lillian 'Lil' Smith, telephone operator for Swan's Island, ca. 1950

Swan's Island: Six miles east of ordinary - Telephone communication

"… was president of the Swan’s Island telephone company, one of his many enterprises. Another resident, Russell Burns, was the island lineman for many…"

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First Postmaster of Minturn, a village on Swan's Island, ca. 1910

Swan's Island: Six miles east of ordinary - Island Postmistresses

"… old mail route was discontinued and a steamboat company contracted to bring the mail daily from Rockland to Old Harbor This is a much more direct…"

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Governor Bodwell Steamboat, Swan's Island, ca. 1920

Swan's Island: Six miles east of ordinary - III. Boom, bustle, bust: The Steamboat Years to WWII

"In 1894, a steamboat company contracted to bring a daily mail run from Rockland, and in 1898 when Dr."

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Presque Isle: The Star City - The History of Laundry, Aroostook County Style - Page 1 of 2

"Some preferred to use buckets to bring the water to the tub. The water was cold. She usually started this in the morning because the clothes took all…"

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Bath's Historic Downtown - The Sagadahock House and The Sagadahoc Block

"A.S. Hall, superintendent of the water company, reported to the Bath Daily Times that he had to fix it in the shortest possible time."

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Plan of Lands of Saco Water Power Co. at Saco & Biddeford, 1848

Biddeford History & Heritage Project - The Civil War/Reconstruction Era as Experienced in Biddeford & Saco - Page 5 of 17

"Saco Water Power Company of York Manufacturing, built the Laconia Mills on the Biddeford side of the river in 1844, then started Pepperell…"

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Bath's Historic Downtown - Ledyard Block

"… Street, on the southeast corner of Centre and Water Streets in Bath, Maine, was built by William Ledyard in 1856."

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Surry by the Bay - Nineteenth Century

"… were also two mining companies, the Blue Hill Bay Company and the East Surry Company. Despite the town's many businesses however, a worldwide…"

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Construction of Davenport Memorial City Hall, Bath, 1928

Bath's Historic Downtown - Davenport Memorial and City Hall

"… Bath Police Department has its own building on Water Street at Elm Street. In the bell tower, there is the 1802 bell that was probably cast by Paul…"

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Bath's Historic Downtown - Entertainment- Alameda and Opera House

"… and feats of grace, ability and endurance under water.” Bath Opera House advertisement for May 14, 1934Patten Free Library One of the most…"

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Western Maine Foothills Region - Hugh J. Chisholm, Sr. - Page 1 of 2

"… Falls Boom Company, Rumford Falls Light and Water Company, Rumford Falls Woolen Company, Rumford Falls Realty Company, and, finally, Oxford Paper…"

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Phebe Cole Townsend's 'electric' blue dress, Alexander, ca. 1863

Historic Clothing Collection - Mid to Late Nineteenth Century

"Improved water and rail transport speeded and increased distribution of raw materials, finished goods—and fashion news—to remote or newly settled…"

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Loading deer on the train at Strong station, ca. 1915

Strong, a Mussul Unsquit village - Other Recreation

"Other Recreation Text By: Strong School 7th and 8th Graders, 2011-2012 Loading deer on the train at Strong station, ca."

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Strong, a Mussul Unsquit village - Prominent Women

"Prominent Women Text By: Strong School 7th and 8th Graders, 2011-2012 Julia Harris May poetry collection, 1903Farmington Public Library…"

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

"The Bridge That Changed The Map Text By: Carl W. Stinchfield Return to Online Exhibits Maps are often changed when bridges are built which alter the…"