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Western Maine Foothills Region - Mexico Corner

"… built to supply the building boom due to the construction of the Oxford Paper Company across the Androscoggin River in Rumford."

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Maine Conservation Corps

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Mount Desert Island: Shaped by Nature - Economic History of Main Street, Northeast Harbor - Page 1 of 3

"Also, during this period, the Fire House was constructed (1903), The Neighborhood House (1906) and the Northeast Harbor Library and Reading Room…"

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Lubec, Maine - S.S. Cumberland: Steamer Brought Passengers and Prosperity to Lubec but Met Tragic End

"Eastport Ferry Prior to construction of an appropriate landing in Lubec passengers and freight were ferried across the bay to Eastport to board…"

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Life on a Tidal River - Bangor: Healthcare Center of Eastern and Central Maine - Page 2 of 2

"… in the sixty-five years that the new complex was constructed. Paine Hospital, Bangor, ca. 1964St."

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Malaga Island: a story best left untold - Explore photos from the "Malaga Island: A Story Best Left Untold" documentary

"… included photographs of the island in 2009, constructed mages from historical documents, old postcards, and a presentation of the radio program."

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Lubec, Maine - Lubec History

"… and other suppliers of materials needed to construct the yards and vessels. Prosperity Eastport was captured and occupied by the British from 1814…"

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Acadian Archives

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Lincoln, Maine - That Pioneer Spirit

"In the late 1800’s buildings were constructed almost exclusively of wood and were often built close together."

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Colby College Special Collections

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Presque Isle: The Star City - Native Americans

"… Putnam In 1978, as a result of the proposal to construct the Aroostook Centre Mall, an article in the Bangor Daily News stated “there was little to…"

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Guilford, Maine - Modern History: 1966 to Present

"… a furniture business expanded, a new car wash was constructed and the 16 units demolished in the flood were replaced with 24 new apartments."

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Guilford, Maine - BUILDINGS - Page 4 of 5

"When the construction was finished, the building had gone $750 over budget. Andrew Carnegie agreed to pay the $750 if the Town of Guilford agreed to…"

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Historic Hallowell - The Vaughan Stream & Sawmills

"The Stickney & Page dam was constructed in 1871. It replaced a earthen dam that was built in 1849. The Stickney & Pages dam was a reserve reservoir…"

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

"… present railroad company and all concerned in the construction of the bridge, will have passed away long before they show any sign of decay."

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New Portland: Bridging the Past to the Future - North New Portland Village Schools

"When Maine district 74 constructed Carrabec Community School in North Anson, the 6th, 7th, and 8th graders from the entire district began to attend…"

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Lubec, Maine - McCurdy Herring Smokehouse - Page 4 of 4

"… Pickling Shed housing for another innovation was constructed. Pike’s photograph shows the housing for the pump, the flexible hose that extended…"

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Islesboro--An Island in Penobscot Bay - Summer Resorts

"In 1891, the newly constructed Dark Harbor landing was host to regular steam boat trips from Rockland, and thus began the third summer community on…"

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Presque Isle: The Star City - Arthur R. Gould

"The bill passed. Gould personally oversaw the construction and paid for half. The Arthur R. Gould School is on Westbrook Street in South Portland in…"

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Life on a Tidal River - Bangor: Healthcare Center of Eastern and Central Maine - Page 1 of 2

"The modernization project is a large-scale construction project that is renovating and adding to the hospital."

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Life on a Tidal River - Three Civil War Letters - Page 3 of 4

"… with sand and laid over a swampy area--was being constructed near White Oaks. Frederick Rogers to his mother Hannah, Virginia, March 23…"

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Blue Hill, Maine - Blue Hill Spearheads Development on the Downeast Coast

"Soon Fort Pownall was constructed at a place called Wasaumkeag (the seal place) in what is today Fort Point in Stockton Springs."

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Blue Hill, Maine - Discover the Story of Blue Hill - Page 3 of 4

"Blue Hill Inn construction, Blue Hill, 1892Blue Hill Historical Society The Summer Colony. The so-called rusticators came to Blue Hill's summer…"

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Guilford, Maine - BUILDINGS - Page 1 of 5

"He designed the hall's appearance, and it was constructed of wood, brick, glass and metal. French & Elliott Company, Masonic Hall, Odd Fellows…"