Maine Memory Network

Guilford, Maine - BUSINESSES - Page 3 of 3

"Engineer Green was driving a north bound train when he struck the cars waiting to be picked up. Green was caught in the debris."

Presque Isle: The Star City - Aroostook Valley Railroad

"The engines and passenger cars were sold to collectors and the track lanes are now snowmobile trails."

Bath's Historic Downtown - The Sagadahock House and The Sagadahoc Block

"Hall went back to New Meadows and talked the engineer, Mr. A. B. Burditt, who was also a diver, and had him put the suit on."

Lincoln, Maine - Telegraphs & Telephones

"… a message to Bangor for them to send a fire engine because the town of Lincoln was in extreme danger of being engulfed in flames."

Mount Desert Island: Shaped by Nature - Charles K. Savage (1903-1979): The View from Asticou - Page 5 of 6

"… to Mount Desert Island each summer was landscape engineer Joseph Henry Curtis (1841-1928). Curtis purchased 40 acres of land on the Eastern bank of…"

Historic Hallowell - The Vaughan Stream & Sawmills

"… up, the factories were then powered by steam engines. As a result, the Vaughan Stream had many uses."

Highlighting Historical Hampden - Expansion

"Frank Blaisdell, a landscape and civil engineer, designed this and several other amusement parks, including Riverton in Portland."

Blue Hill, Maine - Shipbuilding: An Important Early Industry

"… new technologies of the ironclads and the steam engine. Blue Hill could not adapt to building these new boats at that time, but today the Blue Hill…"

Guilford, Maine - The Next Fifty Years 1916-1966

"Switcher Engine #22, Guilford, ca. 1963Guilford Historical Society In 1958, the B & A Railroad discontinued passenger service."

Lincoln, Maine - Railroads

""Dewey" engine in front of pulp mill, ca. 1910Lincoln Historical Society Both then and now: Tracks became common in Lincoln, due to the paper mill’s…"

Cumberland & North Yarmouth - Population Decline in Maine's Coastal Counties

"… needed to produce the steel for the ships and engines, and Bath emerged as the only Maine shipbuilding center to successfully make the transition…"

Surry by the Bay - Early Twentieth Century

"… Bridge opened in 1931, this marvel of engineering provided a much easier mode of transportation at a time when more and more “people from away”…"

Western Maine Foothills Region - Rumford - Page 1 of 4

"Mixer, resident engineer with the Rumford Falls Power Company. The culmination of Chisholm’s awareness of housing needs was the construction of…"

Western Maine Foothills Region - For The Love Of Paper - Page 2 of 4

"A survey of the steam power to drive the steam engines of each paper machine, dry the paper, cook the pulp, and heat the buildings found a need for a…"

Farmington: Franklin County's Shiretown - Meeting House Park

"It was believed that a spark from the railroad engine alighted in a shed on the Pleasant Street side of Meeting House Park."

Highlighting Historical Hampden - Riverside Park

"Landscape and civil engineer Frank Blaisdell drew up the plans for the park; he was an excellent candidate for the job, with vast experience…"

Guilford, Maine - Pre-Settlement And The First 100 Years

"… was developed when Charles Taylor, a respected engineer and entrepreneur from Wellesley, Mass bought the necessary material to build a piping…"

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

"About 11 o’clock AM, an engine and a platform car loaded with sleepers (ties) came across. Quite a crowd of men, women and children collected on the…"

Farmington: Franklin County's Shiretown - Early Settlers

"… a lot of time traveling all over the world as an Engineer. His income was comfortable enough so he was able to maintain a beautiful home in…"

Lincoln, Maine - That Pioneer Spirit

"… that the village of Lincoln was on fire and an engine was wanted from this city… the whole village was in danger of burning if help was not…"

Presque Isle: The Star City - Arthur R. Gould

"The engines and passenger cars were sold to collectors and the track lanes are now snowmobile trails."

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