Keywords: Water Street
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Bath's Historic Downtown - 94 Front Street
"Oliver Moses and his brother William built and owned many blocks and buildings in commercial Bath, including part of the Union Block, where 94 Front…"
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Cumberland & North Yarmouth - "Main Streets" of North Yarmouth and Cumberland
"(That stone now stands across the street in the “heater” at Main Street and Blanchard Road.) Cumberland Center had a blacksmith shop located at the…"
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Bath's Historic Downtown - History Overview
"Throughout the nineteenth century, as the lowest of these areas were filled in and Commercial Street was added to the east of Front Street, the…"
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Bath's Historic Downtown - Old Town Hall and Grant Building
"It was finished in 1838 and demolished in 1936. By 1937 the W.T. Grant building was finished at the same location, 33 Centre Street."
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Bath's Historic Downtown - Intersection of Centre and Washington
"1914Patten Free Library Vine & Water Streets, Bath, 1986Patten Free Library As Bath evolved, the intersection at Centre and Washington changed."
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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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Bath's Historic Downtown - The Sagadahock House and The Sagadahoc Block
"The fire, leaping the street, caught on the wooden building across Front Street. Gas tanks exploded and walls fell every couple of minutes, causing…"
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Bath's Historic Downtown - Davenport Memorial and City Hall
"… 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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Lubec, Maine - Lubec's 1911 Centennial Celebration - Page 1 of 2
"Water Street decorated for Centennial, Lubec, 1911Lubec Memorial Library Centennial on Water Street, Lubec, 1911 Lubec Historical Society The…"
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"… Lubec Memorial Library 55 Water Street Lubec, ME 04652 (207) 733-2491 Contact: Susanne Plaut lubecmemlib@lubec.lib.me.us Please add "MMN Request"…"
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Lubec, Maine - Lubec's 1911 Centennial Celebration - Page 2 of 2
"… Society Here’s a view looking southwest on Water Street at its junction with School Street. The towered corner building housed the Post Office in…"
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Lubec, Maine - Building the Roosevelt Bridge to Campobello - Page 1 of 3
"And Washington Street would soon connect to Water Street, sometimes called Front Street, with the sweeping curve shown below."
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Lubec, Maine - The Blizzard of '34 - Page 1 of 2
"… a foot, leaving the streets ankle deep in cold water. Bogett's or Bogart's Hill, Lubec, 1934Lubec Historical Society An unnamed newspaper…"
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Lubec, Maine - Parade, Pins and Pageantry, 1911
"… honored the Town's 100th birthday Water Street during Centennial, Lubec, 1911 Lubec Historical Society Two days of bunting-clad celebration…"
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"Brown & Co. constructed first sardine factory on Water Street 1882 • The Passamaquoddy Ferry Co. founded for the purpose of running a steam ferry…"
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"… Lubec The John McBride Shipyard, located on Water Street, launched a number of schooners and barkentines in the 1860s and '70s."
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Lubec, Maine - McCurdy Herring Smokehouse - Page 1 of 4
"… close to where School Street came down to meet Water Street a bit left of the center of the photograph, was the smokehouse operated at the time by…"
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Lubec, Maine - Canning Sardines in Lubec: Technology, the Syndicate and Labor
"… Historical Society Here in this can shop on Water Street, all the work of fabricating cans was carried out, no doubt."
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Lubec, Maine - Susie Calder: Lubec's Sardine Queen
"Audio here. Christmas on Water Street, Lubec, ca. 1940Lubec Memorial Library J: What was it like for the town during the busy time? S: Well…"
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"… in early spring, fished for mackerel in southern waters, and returned around the first of July. The Bay of Fundy, the Maine coast, and even the…"
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Swan's Island: Six miles east of ordinary - V. Changing times: the Swan’s Island Ferry
"… home, continues to be shaped by the stretch of water between it and the mainland. Whether viewed as a blessing or a curse, this separation has…"
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