Maine Memory Network

Biddeford History & Heritage Project - A word of thanks

"A word of thanks We would like to thank the following organizations and individuals for the help and support they provided to Team Biddeford and the…"

Biddeford History & Heritage Project - I. Headwaters of a community: Sowacatuck, Chouacoet, and the sea

"Headwaters of a community: Sowacatuck, Chouacoet, and the sea Wabanaki beaded purse, ca. 1870Hudson Museum, Univ."

Blue Hill, Maine - Long Island: The Forgotten Community - Page 1 of 3

"… of the Maine coast is very rocky, and more dangerous than down in Massachusetts or even in southern Maine."

Strong, a Mussul Unsquit village - The Railroad

"Snow removal from the tracks could be dangerous, requiring trains to back up, regain speed, and try to move forward again."

Acadia National Park

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Historic Hallowell - Maine Industrial School for Girls

"… of circumstances or associations are in manifest danger of becoming outcasts of society. It is not a place of punishment, to which its inmates are…"

Historic Hallowell - The Boston Flint Company

"Working in the sandpaper mill was very dangerous. Some people had a hard time breathing because of all the particles that were in the air."

Thomaston: The Town that Went to Sea - Shipbuilding Declines - 1857 to 1861

"Yankee ships were in constant danger of being detained in southern ports or running blockades to be destroyed at sea by Confederate gunboats."

Beyond Borders - Mapping Maine and the Northeast Boundary - Who were the Kennebec and Pejepscot Proprietors? - Page 3 of 7

"… willing to move to what they viewed as a dangerous frontier. Most New Englanders did not change their view of Maine until the decisive defeat of…"

Mount Desert Island: Shaped by Nature - Depression, War, and Fire

"On Friday, October 17, 1947, after a dangerously dry summer, a fire broke out in a cranberry bog outside Hulls Cove."

Historic Hallowell - Days 6 & 7

"The man had not yet known that this dangerous gas was slowly killing him until it was too late. This harmful and in most cases deadly gas has side…"

Historic Hallowell - Child Labor

"… school hours and at eighteen you could do more dangerous work (such as working in mills) if you chose to. Today the U.S."

Historic Hallowell - Ice Storm Comparisons

"… prison witch still made the surface slippery and dangerous for the residents. The most similar thing about the two ice storms is that many people…"

Lincoln, Maine - Telegraphs & Telephones

"… engine because the town of Lincoln was in extreme danger of being engulfed in flames. In the present time, we do not use the telegraph for…"

Historic Hallowell - Whaling

"… whaling, with many species of whales being in danger of extinction. This caused the beginning of the global anti-whaling movement in the 1970’s."

Historic Hallowell - Values and Charity

"… social and academic education for young women who were considered a danger to themselves or a threat to society. The next step in our journey."

Skowhegan Community History - Kennebec River Log Drive

"You can see that log driving had its dangers but was enjoyable for the workers and at the same time was crucial to Maine's economy."

Skowhegan Community History - Skowhegan: "A Place To Watch"

"By the 1930s, the colorful and dangerous log drives were being replaced by the easier to manage four-foot pulpwood logs, which were floated…"

Guilford, Maine - Early Manufacturing - Page 1 of 3

"… Guilford, 1908Guilford Historical Society It was dangerous work and during one flood, the boom chain that held logs broke, and the logs washed…"

Lincoln, Maine - Frederick A. Edwards

"Now it’s a lot more dangerous, and the people of the community might feel even more scared because the risk of getting hurt or killed is greater."

Scarborough: They Called It Owascoag - Transportation Through the Years - Page 2 of 4

"An S-shaped trestle was built to correct both a dangerous curve and crossing grade for the railroad.(3) Batteries that powered the trolleys were…"

Mount Desert Island: Shaped by Nature - Building Community and Commerce

"… the children and household chores when they went home. The work was dangerous and many children lost fingers on the cutting tables." Civil War"

Historic Hallowell - Logging

"… an axe called the double bit axe that was very dangerous because of its two axe blades on both sides."

Bath's Historic Downtown - Columbian Block

"He rang the bell to warn people of the impending danger. Mrs. Chas. B. Harrington was another person to realize there was a fire, but from the inside…"