Maine Memory Network

Historic Hallowell - Post Office and Fire Station

"during the aftermath of the ice storm. The pictures to the left were used during the fire chief interview."

Historic Hallowell - Ice Storm Interviews - Page 2 of 2

"Ice Storm Interviews Ice Storm, Wingate Residence, Hallowell, 1998Hubbard Free Library Clio Barr's Interview of Wendy Wingate about the Ice…"

Bath's Historic Downtown - History Overview

"Maine Central Railroad then contracted for replacing that station in 1941 with a brick building that remained in service until 1959."

Bath's Historic Downtown - Lincoln Block

"They stored the ice in big barns with hay and sawdust. The hay and sawdust preserved the ice for long periods of time."

Bath's Historic Downtown - The Patten Free Library

"… and rendered unrepairable when it fell into the ice pond in the park. It was soon replaced with the Spirit of the Sea."

Bath's Historic Downtown - Columbian Block

"Clary Ice Cream and Candy Store. This was known as the “sweetest place in town” according to a 1907 newspaper article."

Scarborough: They Called It Owascoag - Scarborough Marsh: "Land of Much Grass" - Page 1 of 4

"… of years ago when glaciers from the last ice age receded as the climate warmed. Silt from rivers and streams washed into low-lying, protected tidal…"

Life on a Tidal River - The Great Bangor Floods: 1902 and 1976

"Along with ice, logs flowed down the river and created a dam, causing the water to back up. When the water overflowed onto the banks, the Great…"

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

"The initial seasonal stations established in the 17th century by fishermen and fur traders were supplanted by more stable farming settlements."

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…"

Strong, a Mussul Unsquit village - The Bridge That Changed The Map

"A rampaging ice breakup destroyed it about ten years later. The next bridge was built by Jeremiah Ellsworth, with the help of Col."

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

"This was in the spring, and the ice had begun to melt. Dr. Bell was making one of his famous emergency calls, and he and the driver had to keep their…"

Rumford Area Historical Society

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Islesboro--An Island in Penobscot Bay - Businesses and Cottage Industries

"Randlett. The ice cream shop still remains, now known as the Dark Harbor Shop. Dark Harbor Post Office, Islesboro, ca."

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

"Osie's Texaco Service Station calendar for North New Portland, 1948New Portland Historical Society The first house built in the North Village was…"

Farmington: Franklin County's Shiretown - Brief History

"Soon Farmington had a gas station on Main Street. Yet, as quickly as the town changed, much remained the same."

Skowhegan Community History - A Brief History of the Skowhegan Area

"… the island leaving only the Weston hydroelectric station formerly owned by Central Maine Power. One natural resource that has always been, and…"

Islesboro--An Island in Penobscot Bay - Historical Overview

"… their produce to Castine to sell to the British stationed there. Approximately seventy families lived on Islesboro at the time."

Mantor Library, University of Maine Farmington

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Eastern Maine Medical Center

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