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Site Pages
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New Portland: Bridging the Past to the Future - East New Portland Village
"The village lies along the banks of the Carrabassett River about four miles northeast of the West Village and three miles southwest of the North…"
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Highlighting Historical Hampden - Expansion
"… Park, a rustic amusement park built on the banks high above the Penobscot. A round trip ticket to the park, from the Main Road just over 2 tenths…"
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Thomaston: The Town that Went to Sea - Henry Knox: Lime Works
"… Street in Thomaston, and he operated kilns on the bank of the river, just upriver of where the Waterfront Market on Wadsworth Street now stands."
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Life on a Tidal River - Three Civil War Letters - Page 2 of 4
"The banks of the Pond are almost covered with Roses- White and Red while the margin of the Pond for 6 or 8 Rods is white with Pond-Lillies."
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Lincoln, Maine - Gateway Motors
"… and Industries That Helped Build a Town on the Banks of the Penobscot. Lincoln, Me.: Lincoln Historical Society, 1995. 48-49. Print."
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Scarborough: They Called It Owascoag - People Who Called Scarborough Home - Page 2 of 4
"… and a founder and president of Bath’s first bank. William died at home in Bath on 17 June 1852. Sources Moulton, Augustus."
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Scarborough: They Called It Owascoag - Maritime Tales: Shipyards and Shipwrecks - Page 1 of 2
"… and sold; fishing fleets sailed to the Grand Banks fishing grounds; and ships sailed to England, the West Indies and other trading ports."
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Winter Harbor Historical Society
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Surry by the Bay - History of Surry
"… fires built a niche in the forest close by the banks of a beautiful bay. Then the coming of the English settler, bearing the ax as well as the…"
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Western Maine Foothills Region - Rumford - Page 1 of 4
"… town, as Ethel West, a resident of South Rumford whose home was on the bank of the Mt. Zircon Stream, expressed in her poem “A Town in Maine”."
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Western Maine Foothills Region - Building Boom and Piers above the Falls
"… and large ones suitable for river piled on the bank ready to use if you decide to use them. I have heard of some Hemlock logs that are offered for…"
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Western Maine Foothills Region - Dixfield's Church on the Hill
"Easter Sunrise Services began at 6:00 a.m. on the bank of the "Church on the Hill." The grass was hardly growing in the cold, spring air."
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Presque Isle: The Star City - John R Braden
"The people of Presque Isle opened a bank account in the name of John R Braden, a novel concept. His winnings were deposited to this account."
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"… crossing the river they followed the northern bank to what we now call Farmington Falls. Measuring Rock Located on Rt."
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Lubec, Maine - Lubec's 1911 Centennial Celebration - Page 2 of 2
"… item states that the art went into the new 1911 bank. Since then, no trace. The brick edifice, at Water and Main Streets, still stands as of 2010…"
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Thomaston: The Town that Went to Sea - Raymond Wallace
"… much pressure? Much of our money was left in the banks. When the kids were born there wasn’t much of my mother working."
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Guilford, Maine - BUSINESSES - Page 3 of 3
"… and the cars had crashed and slid to the bank of the river. It took three hours to free Green."
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Guilford, Maine - Early Manufacturing - Page 2 of 3
"A long shaft running up the bank to the mill was connected to a waterwheel which supplied most of the power necessary."
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Scarborough: They Called It Owascoag - Historical Overview - Page 2 of 4
"… to undermine it by tunneling underneath from the bank below. Heavy rain caused the soil to give way and the exposed workers abandoned their effort…"
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Western Maine Foothills Region - For The Love Of Paper - Page 1 of 4
"… the paper making facilities along the canal banks. Railroad service was also extended by Hugh J."
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Presque Isle: The Star City - History of Presque Isle
"… supplied with handsome mercantile blocks, with banks, electric lights, water systems equal to the best, and sewerage systems well under way."
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Guilford, Maine - Modern History: 1966 to Present
"… moment, when new water passes a given spot, as banks and bends imperceptibly erode and relocate, as ice forms, melts, and moves on by, so too will…"
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Western Maine Foothills Region - Peru
"On the banks of the Androscoggin River, bounded by the railroad, stood Peru’s largest business, the factory known first as Berst Foster, Dixfield…"
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Life on a Tidal River - Narrative
"The professional and banking community was well established and continued to meet Bangor's needs. Lumbering in Bangor, as it had been known during…"