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Scarborough: They Called It Owascoag - Historical Overview - Page 3 of 4

"Historical Overview The Twentieth Century Trolley TicketsScarborough Historical Society & Museum By 1902 Scarborough had electricity, and…"

Scarborough: They Called It Owascoag - Historical Overview - Page 1 of 4

"Historical Overview Map of Scarborough with MarshlandScarborough Historical Society & Museum Scarborough: They Called it Owascoag Text by…"

Scarborough: They Called It Owascoag - Historical Overview - Page 4 of 4

"Historical Overview The Twenty-First Century Scarborough Professional Gateway located on Haigis Parkway X Residential and commercial growth…"

Lincoln, Maine - Railroads

"… transported mail in and out of town, and the station doubled as a telegraph station.   George King Interview on Railroads The train was used to…"

Maine Forest Service

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Great Harbor Maritime Museum

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Western Maine Foothills Region - Dixfield - Page 5 of 5

"Voting has been moved from the fire station to the Dixfield Legion Swasey-Torrey Post No. 100 building."

Strong, a Mussul Unsquit village - Strong's History - Page 4 of 4

"A fire was reported to her, and she would call the fire department. When people heard the alarm in town, they would call her to ask where the fire…"

Lincoln, Maine - Telegraphs & Telephones

"… of Olamon, which only had one phone at the pay station, Passadumkeag, one phone at the pay station, Burlington, Enfield, Montague (now known as…"

Guilford, Maine - Historic Buildings - Page 1 of 2

"… location of the Guilford Town Office and Fire Station. M. & J. HUDSON STORE M. & J. Hudson Store, Guilford, ca."

Strong, a Mussul Unsquit village - Wood Products of Strong

"(In 1947 a disastrous fire destroyed the plant, and production was redirected to other plants in Maine."

Skowhegan Community History - The Skowhegan Island

"Mills, bridges, churches, fire stations, and other significant structures have been just a few of the figures that have changed, and played a large…"

Guilford, Maine - BUILDINGS - Page 1 of 5

"… Bank Square 2) Scales Building, Guilford Fire Station 3) Guilford High School, Braeburn Hotel, Low's Covered Bridge 4) Guilford Memorial Library…"

Maine's Swedish Colony, July 23, 1870 - The Colony Continues to Grow, 1874 - 1900

"The Rail Roads Bangor & Aroostook Railroad Station, New Sweden, ca. 1930New Sweden Historical Society New Sweden AVR Station, ca."

Guilford, Maine - The Next Fifty Years 1916-1966

"… expanded their business to include a service station offering painting, welding and body work on cars."

Guilford, Maine - Modern History: 1966 to Present

"… Town Dump closed for good and a crude transfer station was developed, a nearly new tire store was lost in a fiery spectacle, and the ’79 flood…"

Swan's Island: Six miles east of ordinary - IV. Transitions and troubles: Private enterprise shoulders an island’s needs

"… with volunteer efforts, but a truck and fire station were acquired in the early 1950s. Police first came to the island on a temporary basis, with a…"

Guilford, Maine - Historic Buildings - Page 2 of 2

"… across the road from the Town Hall andd Fire Station. Today it is operating as the United Methodist Church and is the home of Little Miracles…"

Strong, a Mussul Unsquit village - Strong's History - Page 2 of 4

"Sometimes I built a fire in a long stove, using odd pieces of discarded shovel blocks.” Everyone used the same long-handled dipper to drink from the…"

Strong, a Mussul Unsquit village - Strong's History - Page 1 of 4

"Wood-fired locomotives of the Narrow Gauge Railroad brought tourists and fueled other industries, giving way only when automobiles and trucks became…"

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

"The second fire was April 28, 1919, 18 houses and a school house burned, there was about a $30,000 loss, partly recovered by insurance."

Lubec, Maine - The Lighthouse at West Quoddy Head

"According to West Quoddy Head Light Station history, “during a particularly foggy year, two 10-inch whistles were in operation 1,402 hours, consuming…"

Lubec, Maine - Timeline

"… to increasing ship traffic Quoddy Head Lifesaving Station constructed at Carrying Place Cove – 1.5 miles west of West Quoddy Head • Last sailing…"

Farmington: Franklin County's Shiretown - Brief History

"The Corporation also subsidized the fire department and police department. Eventually it provided the first street and traffic lights."