Maine Memory Network

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."

New Portland: Bridging the Past to the Future - Bridges of West New Portland

"Gould Hill Bridge: The Gould Hill Bridge, also known as on of the Twin Bridges, was also constructed by the Maine State Highway Commission."

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

"A detailed description of these bridges is available as a separate exhibit. About a mile from the West Village on Route 27, on the way to New…"

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

"The factory was built near the bridge crossing Gilman Stream. It opened for business in March 1900 under the direction of Thomas Johnson, an…"

Lubec, Maine - Building the Roosevelt Bridge to Campobello - Page 1 of 3

"… scows, both suddenly obsolete the day the new bridge opened on August 13, 1962. Ferry, Lubec Narrows, ca."

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

"… last year that Central elementary school will be open as an Elementary school. North New Portland High School or the Green Schoolhouse was built…"

New Portland: Bridging the Past to the Future - New Portland Community Library

"… the New Portland Community Library was officially opened.  This could not have happened without the support of the community and the town…"

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

"Beedy, a successful bridge builder, designed a newfangled wire suspension bridge to withstand the Sandy River’s seasonal tantrums, and proposed a…"

Lubec, Maine - Timeline

"… to tourists 1962 • Roosevelt International Bridge opens linking Lubec and Campobello Island • West Quoddy Head State Park established 1965 • Lubec…"

Lubec, Maine - Lubec History

"The opening of the Roosevelt International Bridge linking Lubec and Campobello in 1962, as well as the establishment of West Quoddy State Park and…"

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

"When a bridge was built in 1828 across the Sandy River, the stagecoaches replaced those equine mail carriers."

Lubec, Maine - The Blizzard of '34 - Page 1 of 2

"… that by Tuesday the 16th North Lubec Road was opened to horse traffic. The following week’s edition of the newspaper on January 25 reported that…"

Lubec, Maine - Canning Sardines in Lubec: Technology, the Syndicate and Labor

"A new one opened in Eastport also in 1908. Gilman says that “machine made cans” and “sealing machines” were made in both plants, but does not…"

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

"The herring are “carried out into the open air, where they are allowed to remain until the water drains off of them and they have become sufficiently…"

Lubec, Maine - The Lighthouse at West Quoddy Head

"Opening in 2002, the guest register typically shows 17,000 to 20,000 tourists each year. 2008, 200 Years Old Light Station X More about Col."

Strong, a Mussul Unsquit village - The Railroad

"… of Farmington decided to build a railroad to open the region for wood transport and for visitors to enjoy hunting, fishing and canoeing."

Strong, a Mussul Unsquit village - Groups, Clubs & Organizations - Page 2 of 3

"… soon began discussing politics, and their growing interest in pensions signaled the beginning of open GAR participation in national politics."

Strong, a Mussul Unsquit village - Groups, Clubs & Organizations - Page 1 of 3

"The altar in a Grange hall usually displays an open Bible, agricultural tools, and an American flag."

Strong, a Mussul Unsquit village - "Fly Rod" Crosby - Page 2 of 3

"He returned to Farmington soon afterwards and opened a studio specializing in landscape and portrait photography."

Strong, a Mussul Unsquit village - Prominent Women

"The poem entitled “Rock Me to Sleep,” whose opening lines, “Backward, turn backward, O Time, in your flight, And make me a child again, just for…"

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

"I planned to open the door one-half hour before the children came. Sometimes I built a fire in a long stove, using odd pieces of discarded shovel…"

Strong, a Mussul Unsquit village - Strong's History - Page 3 of 4

"That person would turn the wheel to that letter, open that bin, take out his mail, and close the cover."

Strong, a Mussul Unsquit village - Soldiers Of The Civil War

"… and the symptoms were bleeding gums and open wounds that were hard to heal. Edmund Clayton is buried at the Andersonville National Cemetery in…"

Bath's Historic Downtown - The Railroad Station

"With the opening of the Carlton Bridge in 1927, train ferries were no longer needed. Carlton Bridge construction, Bath, 1927Patten Free Library…"