Maine Memory Network

Stanley Museum

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Historic Hallowell - Industry at the Mouth of the Vaughan Stream

"A steam engine worked as a heat engine that performed mechanical work using steam as the working fluid."

Presque Isle: The Star City - Moving to Maine: There to Here - Page 2 of 3

"In Vietnam, there was little to eat, steamed rice, vegetables, and whatever they could find for their supper."

Maine's Swedish Colony, July 23, 1870 - Industry

"Logs could be floated, and steam-driven factories were set up along the river banks. After 1900, when the first permanent bridge across the stream in…"

Highlighting Historical Hampden - Summer Street

"… cars running back and forth to Bangor, and steam-powered vessels departing regularly from the wharf on the Penobscot to Boston."

Swan's Island: Six miles east of ordinary - III. Boom, bustle, bust: The Steamboat Years to WWII

"Swan’s Island’s final steam boat, the North Haven, was commandeered for war service in 1941. Over sixty years of steam service, two captains and…"

Islesboro--An Island in Penobscot Bay - Summer Resorts

"… its first summer population in 1868 when the steam boats made regular trips between Bangor and Ryder Landing."

Surry by the Bay - Nineteenth Century

"… was blessed by nature/With her harbor, hills and steams/The streams that furnished water power/Before days we knew of steam."

Presque Isle: The Star City - History of Presque Isle

"… (later known as the Canadian Pacific Railroad) steamed into town allowing for starch to be shipped south via New Brunswick."

Eastern Maine Medical Center

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Mantor Library, University of Maine Farmington

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