Maine Memory Network

Strong, a Mussul Unsquit village - About MCHP

"About MCHP X About the Maine Community Heritage Project... The Maine Community Heritage Project (MCHP), a partnership between Maine…"

Strong, a Mussul Unsquit village - Online Exhibits

"Online Exhibits Our MCHP Team has put together the following exhibits. We hope that you enjoy exploring them as much as we have enjoyed working on…"

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

"All they needed was a train to transport them. Ironically they had made a small railroad that connected to other states and it even ran through…"

Mount Desert Island: Shaped by Nature - Green Mountain Railway

"… railways were one of the most popular modes of transportation. On Mt. Desert Island Green Mountain (now called Cadillac) was one of the most…"

Historic Hallowell - The "World of Mirth" Carnival in Hallowell

"With all the fuss about bringing train transportation back, possibly carnivals coming by train may start again."

Historic Hallowell - Hallowell Waterfront - Page 2 of 2

"… or Hallowell had to find their own means of transportation. It cost five cents to go across on the ferry and five cents to return."

Historic Hallowell - Industry and Immigrants-A Changing Community

"Soon, reliable transportation attracted other industries such as oilcloth factories, iron works, shoe factories, a sandpaper mill and The Heart Cure…"

Great Harbor Maritime Museum

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John Martin: Expert Observer - John and Clara Martin wedding hack, Bangor, 1850

"Martin drew this illustration of the hack that transported them on their wedding day. He wrote, "This hack cost a thousand dollars and was owned by…"

Skowhegan Community History - Kennebec River Log Drive

"It was a way of transporting a large amount of logs to mills by floating them down rivers. Logs were also transported across lakes using booms."

Mount Desert Island: Shaped by Nature - The Granite and Ice Industries

"… the ice would be loaded onto schooners for transport to market. As the granite industry was coming into its own, another started to flourish --…"

Historic Hallowell - Schooners, Steamers, Ships and Tankers

"… popular in North America for coastal and river transport. They could go from Hallowell to as far away as Cuba."

Historic Hallowell - Hallowell Floods

"Speaking of transportation issues, Hallowell had also lost the bridge connecting Hallowell to Chelsea."

Highlighting Historical Hampden - Shipyards

"… important to Hampden, an alternative means of transportation became available in 1897. That was the year the Bangor, Hampden & Winterport Electric…"

Thomaston: The Town that Went to Sea - Early Shipbuilders - 1780s

"… requirements would harvest lumber and oversee its transport back to Thomaston. Whole frames would be cut according to requirements and then shipped…"

Thomaston: The Town that Went to Sea - Prison Industries

"The completed brooms were transported by wagon back to the railroad depot on Knox Street for shipment to various sales outlets."

Androscoggin Historical Society

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Swan's Island Historical Society

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Lincoln, Maine - Cars, Model T

"The innovation of these transporting vehicles has changed the outlook of the world. When the car was first created it was an outbreak across the…"

Lincoln, Maine - Ferries

"Ferry & transported items Mobile by Megan Reny X Works Cited Lincoln Historical Society. "Transportation." The Pictorial History of Lincoln…"

Cumberland & North Yarmouth - Skyline Farm - Making and Preserving History

"… programs based on the role of horse-drawn transportation in the cultural, social and economic development of New England."

Aroostook Historical and Art Museum

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Blue Hill, Maine - In Search of the Rustic Life

"Later, the transportation would transition to buses and cars. The Rockland, Blue Hill, Ellsworth Steamboat Company, which later became part of the…"

Historic Hallowell - Early Industry and Bombahook

"… develops quickest where raw materials meet easy transportation and ready energy, both human and otherwise."