Maine Memory Network

Swan's Island: Six miles east of ordinary - Draining the quarry

"Draining the quarry Men draining the Quarry Pond X On July 27, 2003, a group of Swan's Islanders got together to drain the Quarry Pond in…"

Swan's Island: Six miles east of ordinary - Playing at the pond

"… at the pond Although Baird's Quarry was kept drained during its working seasons, once operations closed down for the winter it was always allowed…"

Western Maine Foothills Region - Mt. Zircon Reservoir - Page 3 of 3

"… work was done by August 17 and on August 18, the drain pipe was closed. By November 16, 1914, the “water from Mt."

Historic Hallowell - Ice Harvesting on Cascade Pond ~ A Family Affair

"Draining the pond, Hallowell, ca. 1932Hubbard Free Library Also in the spring they would drain the pond."

Lubec, Maine - McCurdy Herring Smokehouse - Page 3 of 4

"Step four: Draining and drying Hall’s words published in 1898 could describe what happened was going on in the Van Riper photograph taken in 1990."

Biddeford History & Heritage Project - VIII. Changing course and new beginnings (1955-Present) - Page 1 of 2

""Brain-drain", or the emigration of young, educated professionals to better paying areas in New England and elsewhere was another blow to the local &…"

Scarborough: They Called It Owascoag - Scarborough Marsh: "Land of Much Grass" - Page 2 of 4

"Ditches were dug to drain wet, mosquito-breeding areas; pannes were filled; and tide gates (sluiceways) were constructed to prevent tides from…"

Franco-American Heritage Center at St. Mary's

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Malaga Island: a story best left untold - Maine State documents and Proclamations

"… aid to be freeloaders or, in their words: “a drain on the treasury [that encourages]… around them a thriftless, lazy gang, to help them in…"

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

"… have shown the urgent necessity of building a drain on the east side of the street leading from Pleasant to the new depots."

Life on a Tidal River - Narrative

"The soil was rich and well drained; abundant forests spread over the landscape; smaller water sources provided sites for future mills."