Maine Memory Network

Malaga Island: a story best left untold - Explore photos from the "Malaga Island: A Story Best Left Untold" documentary

"There wasn’t easy access to drinking water and insulating the homes for the winter was a challenge. Malaga Island Cemetery Malaga resident cemetery…"

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

"When the water overflowed onto the banks, the Great Bangor Flood of 1902 began. The dark, raging flood swept through downtown Bangor."

Historic Hallowell - The Vaughan Stream & Sawmills

"The way this worked was water behind a dam went into a pipe and a tube called a Penstock. While it was in this tube, the water was so heavy that it…"

Western Maine Foothills Region - For The Love Of Paper - Page 3 of 4

"The greatest change was that process waters had to be upgraded to reduce impurities and sand graduals, as these left scratches and lumps on the…"

Western Maine Foothills Region - Building Boom and Piers above the Falls

"… put in a coffer into the lower canal to keep the water from his work when the Chemical Association begins to use water."

Historic Hallowell - Day 8

"… A Story For Every Town And City In Hallowell a water main had broke and Hallowell was worried it would run out of drinking water."

Historic Hallowell - Joppa

"Webber, Sr., an individual partner South on Water Street between the business section and Loudon Hill is a part of the city known as Joppy or Joppa."

Historic Hallowell - Meeting at Koussinok

"… (“the place of sacred rites beside the rippling waters”) and was considered sacred by the Abenaki because their ancestors were buried here."

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

"… fire included their diving into a small barrel of water from high up! It was a family carnival but had some mature language and attractions."

Historic Hallowell - Hallowell Waterfront - Page 2 of 2

"The wharf was located on Water Street. Wharfs were used for launching boats off of a ramp. The boats that were launched from the wharf would…"

Historic Hallowell - Thomas Bond House

"His place of business was on Water Street and his residence is described as.."n. Hallowell House". An 1879 Kennebec County map shows the occupant of…"

Historic Hallowell - Hallowell Iron Foundry

"… Iron works was located on the South End of Water Street. It is very rare that a family became so involved in public affairs like the Fuller family…"

Historic Hallowell - “Maine’s Century” Ends

"… its luster as industrial development polluted its waters, but the 20th century would bring great advances in historic preservation and river…"

Western Maine Foothills Region - Dixfield - Page 4 of 5

"… grist mill, the first saw mills and develop the water power that flows out of Lake Webb, down Webb River, and enters at its confluence with the…"

Historic Hallowell - The Hallowell Union Fire Club

"… without the new technology of fire trucks and water hoses of today. After horrible fires were fought, firefighters and local citizens would get…"

Historic Hallowell - Schooners, Steamers, Ships and Tankers

"… to coastal runs and on large inland bodies of water. Steamer, Lizzie M. Snow, Kennebec River, Hallowell, ca."

Historic Hallowell - Shipbuilders, Sailors and Whaling Men

"… stand of timber, a sloping bank and a little good water. Hallowell-built "Topaz," 1828Hubbard Free Library In 1799, William Drew came to…"

Historic Hallowell - Ice Storm Works Cited Page

"Personal interview. n.d. Edwards, Keith. “Water Storage Another Problem.” Storm Edition: Day 2, 10 Jan."

Strong, a Mussul Unsquit village - National Blue Ribbon School

"A special feature was a new handicapped accessible classroom for the Severe and Profoundly Challenged Program students."

Western Maine Foothills Region - For The Love Of Paper - Page 1 of 4

"The waters were diverted to canals to service the paper making facilities along the canal banks. Railroad service was also extended by Hugh J."

Historic Hallowell - Protect and Serve - Hallowell Fire and Police

"… were created which were able to propel a spray of water upon fires. The first of such devices, known as "The Cascade, was built in Philadelphia by…"

Historic Hallowell - Early Industry and Bombahook

"… factory and wire mill that harnessed the power of water and gravity so critical to America's development."

Historic Hallowell - History of The Cotton Mill

"It was being built between Second Street and Water Street. It was created by George Robinson and backed by Justin E. Smith, John P. Flagg, Eben G."

Historic Hallowell - Hallowell Floods Citations

"… Date Website was made: June 22, 2009,http://me.water.usgs.gov/kenmon.html Watson, Barbara M. “VIRGINIA FLOODS.” 18 Dec. 205."