Maine Memory Network

Mount Desert Island: Shaped by Nature - The Indian Encampment: Behind the Scenes

"… camped near a narrow stretch of shallow coastal water where they built a weir, or sihtomuhkakon. At low tide, the wooden fence hinders the passage…"

Historic Hallowell - Values and Charity

"… to Hallowell in 1800 and was engaged in trade on Water Street. He had five sons. All five went to Hallowell Academy, all graduated from Bowdoin…"

Historic Hallowell - Shipping

"… loaf of bread 1/2 bushel of potatoes 2 barrels of water 7 barrels of rice 1 bag of cotton 1 box of lemons The prices of most of these didn’t reach…"

Life on a Tidal River - The War Effort

"… on the Thomas Hill Standpipe, which supplied the water for the city of Bangor, were extinguished, and the tower itself was camouflaged with drab…"

Guilford, Maine - SPORTS - Page 1 of 3

"The town field is located along Water Street. The field also runs along the Piscataquis River. Near the Town Field there is a tennis court, a…"

Blue Hill, Maine - Discover the Story of Blue Hill - Page 2 of 4

"Water powered sawmills were built on streams at the head of the harbor and Peters Cove. At the original settlement in Blue Hill Falls, mills were…"

Cumberland & North Yarmouth - Representative Industries of Cumberland and North Yarmouth

"… built a new saw and grist mill and increased the water power by improving the dam. There was a carding mill operated by Mr."

Islesboro--An Island in Penobscot Bay - Early Settlements

"… by various seacraft (or by sleigh over frozen water) bringing with them all that was necessary to survive."

Historic Hallowell - Ice Cutting and Ice Houses on the Bombahook

"… reason why the ice industry shut down was that water pollution was affecting the quality of the ice, and no one wanted polluted ice."

Historic Hallowell - Ice Cutting and Ice Houses on the Bombahook

"… reason why the ice industry shut down was that water pollution was affecting the quality of the ice, and no one wanted polluted ice."

Guilford, Maine - BUILDINGS - Page 2 of 5

"At first, the fire station got the water from the river using a pump that was in the mill. In the first year after it was built, they raised $944 to…"

Lincoln, Maine - Ira Fish

"In Patten, he had a street named after him called Dearborn Street. Brody Brown "How did Ira Fish impact your life? Your future? Our future as a…"

Lincoln, Maine - That Pioneer Spirit

"With all that water, it is no surprise that the town has had flooding problems. The most destructive of the floods, however, had nothing to do with…"

Farmington: Franklin County's Shiretown - Brief History

"… in 1850, would eventually provide of a clean water system for the village; the system was developed because of the need of water for both…"

Guilford, Maine - BUSINESSES - Page 3 of 3

"The part of the railroad that ran along Water Street was removed when the road was widened. Other parts of the railroad have been covered up by…"

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…"

Presque Isle: The Star City - Arthur R. Gould

"Gould suggested to them that, since the supply of water was unpredictable, they should move their operations to his side of the Stream and use his…"

Maine's Swedish Colony, July 23, 1870 - Stockholm, Maine

"This store was located on the end of Lake Street and about in the middle of Main Street. Now, the store has been donated to the town and is currently…"

Surry by the Bay - Nineteenth Century

"… hills and steams/The streams that furnished water power/Before days we knew of steam. But the mills that once run buzzing saws/Have now gone to…"

Farmington: Franklin County's Shiretown - Education

"… was in the Ludger Matthieu house across the street from the church on Quebec Street. The house was renovated, and three Sisters of Mercy were…"

Thomaston: The Town that Went to Sea - Woodrow Wilson

"And ugh oh it came down in the water. So we went over there and got the food from it, which was oh things you could put into storage nothing that…"

Surry by the Bay - Phebe Fowler: A Woman of Property

"One can picture the young family toting water and feed to the barn animals. Phebe played the piano and left behind her music books, including the…"

Farmington: Franklin County's Shiretown - Railroad into the Village

"… on the east side of the street to carry off the water which runs there in torrents during every shower."

Life on a Tidal River - Narrative

"In 1875, the city established a water system and 13 years later, the Bangor Street Railway began to lay track to provide transportation service to a…"