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Hamlin Memorial Library and Museum
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Early Maine Photography - Landscape Photography - Page 1 of 3
"… frame and brick houses and buildings, the domed granite Merchants Exchange, and the Second Parish Church have long vanished, but their images…"
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Mount Desert Island: Shaped by Nature - Civil War
"… flight of men avoiding the draft, and the emigration of young people in search of new opportunities in the west. The Granite and Ice Industries"
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Guilford, Maine - BUILDINGS - Page 5 of 5
"The foundation was made out of granite blocks, wood and posts and beams. The house was Victorian influenced and was one-and-a-half stories tall…"
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Mount Desert Island: Shaped by Nature - …then came the settlers…
"…then came the settlers… Granite mountains, Mount Desert, 1837Maine Historical Society While exploring Mount Desert as a place “to carry on…"
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New Portland: Bridging the Past to the Future - Bridges of East New Portland
"The bridge was a five-span structure, with granite block piers and abutments supporting five timber kingpost trusses."
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Strong, a Mussul Unsquit village - Groups, Clubs & Organizations - Page 2 of 3
"… equestrian statues of Union soldiers and heroes, granite shafts, tablets, urns, and mounted cannon. The GAR also encouraged the preservation of…"
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Western Maine Foothills Region - Ridlonville
"… and high winds caused considerable damage on Granite street. As Maine developed in the 40's and 50's Ridlonville lost many businesses to Rumford."
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"… the library is constructed of gray Norridgewock granite, blocked symmetrically over the windows and entrance."
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Bath's Historic Downtown - The Sagadahoc County Courthouse
"… window borders; the foundation was made of granite. In 1987, an addition made out of cement blocks with a blue belt was built on the back of the…"
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Bath's Historic Downtown - The Sagadahock House and The Sagadahoc Block
"The granite wall, (part of the Granite Block) was there, although it was endangering the fire fighters below."
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"… three plumbers, one masonry contractor, three granite quarries and a boat builder. There were two pharmacies, two barbers, two clothiers, four…"
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Bath's Historic Downtown - Old Town Hall and Grant Building
"The Grant building is brick with a front of granite and limestone in the art deco style. There were 473 Grant stores nationwide."
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Bath's Historic Downtown - Lincoln Block
"It is brick with a granite foundation. Sagadahock National Bank, Bath, ca. 1876 Maine Maritime Museum Before the Lincoln Bank was built in…"
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Thomaston: The Town that Went to Sea - Thomaston Expands - 1805 to 1846
"… with a stable, and Thomaston Bank, housed in a granite building, joined several small dry goods stores."
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"… be "of the simple colonial style, with Hallowell granite trimmings and roof of slate. The approach to the library will be between two venerable elm…"
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Strong, a Mussul Unsquit village - Grand Army of the Republic
"… and equestrian statues of Union soldier heroes, granite shafts, urns, tablets, and mounted cannon."
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Farmington: Franklin County's Shiretown - Meeting House Park
"The grounds were spruced up with concrete walks, granite steps and iron seats. On July 17, 1904, the Hallowell Granite Company installed the Replica…"
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Swan's Island: Six miles east of ordinary - III. Boom, bustle, bust: The Steamboat Years to WWII
"III. Boom, bustle, bust: The Steamboat Years to WWII Fishing and shipbuilding led the state of Maine into its “Golden Economic Age” in the 1850s, as…"
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Swan's Island: Six miles east of ordinary - Welcome to Swan's Island!
"Welcome to Swan's Island! Burnt Coat Harbor X Swan's Island, a six mile ferry ride out of Bass Harbor in Mount Desert Island, is the current…"