Maine Memory Network

Biddeford History & Heritage Project - III. An undercurrent of danger: Colonial Biddeford

"… James Sullivan and George Thatcher, were drawn to the town were here to work on real estate, business needs, and land and water claims. Next...."

Great Cranberry Island Historical Society

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Western Maine Foothills Region - Dixfield - Page 1 of 5

"Jonathan Holman, Deacon Asa Waters and Capt. Andrew Elliott, all of Sutton, Massachusetts, spent a considerable amount of time in August and…"

Mount Desert Island: Shaped by Nature - Movies Come To The Island

"… on Scatterlee Beach, and on the rocks and in the water at various locations around the island's perimeter."

Historic Hallowell - A Post-Revolutionary Generation

"East Side Businesses, Water Street, Hallowell, ca. 1895Hubbard Free Library Ezekiel Goodale -- Book Seller, Printer and Publisher."

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

"… is located on Lemon Stream, so called because the water was a light yellow color, and two hills known as Clark Hill and Bennett Hill."

Life on a Tidal River - Bangor and the Civil War

"Because of the lack of very clean drinking water and proper food supply, many people starved or died from disease."

Western Maine Foothills Region - Rumford - Page 1 of 4

"… the building of the Rumford Falls Light and Water Company, which subdivided into the subsequent Rumford/Mexico Water District (with its Mt."

Skowhegan Community History - Abenakis in the Norridgewock/Skowhegan Area

"The women and children sometimes traveled to the water's edge to pick fiddleheads. They also grew Jerusalem artichokes, which were well liked among…"

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

"… where people can picnic and enjoy the cold water of the Carrabassett River and take in the splendor of the old bridge. In the book by Roland E."

Mount Desert Island: Shaped by Nature - Harbor Cottage, The Old Ell (“Mame’s House”), and the Big Barn

"Travel routes were primarily over the water; there were few and very primitive roads. Land-based travel kept towns logistically separated from one…"

Edmund S. Muskie Archives and Special Collections Library

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Presque Isle: The Star City - Arthur R. Gould

"Gould suggested to them that, since the supply of water was unpredictable, they should move their operations to his side of the Stream and use his…"

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

"… were established thanks to three bodies of water that run through New Portland. Lemon Stream is found in the West, the Carrabassett River in the…"

Bath's Historic Downtown - History Overview

"… to connect Elm Street, and to traverse the waters of Water Street. Throughout the nineteenth century, as the lowest of these areas were filled in…"

Guilford, Maine - BUILDINGS - Page 4 of 5

"A Celebration on Water Street, Guilford, ca. 1908Guilford Historical Society In 1903, The Library Reading Club proposed the town support a library…"

Farmington: Franklin County's Shiretown - Brief History

"… in 1850, would eventually provide of a clean water system for the village; the system was developed because of the need of water for both…"

Aroostook Historical and Art Museum

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Highlighting Historical Hampden - Hampden Academy

"… 4 to November 9, 1921, a well was drilled and a water system installed in the school. In 1923, the school finally received a cement foundation and…"

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

"… was that Ethyl had to complete the waste water treatment in accordance with federal laws or allow funding for its completion."

Peary-MacMillan Arctic Museum and Arctic Studies Center

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Presque Isle: The Star City - History of Presque Isle

"… had its first water company, the Presque Isle Water Company, which built and operated the reservoir at Mantle Lake to supply the town with water…"

Bath's Historic Downtown - Davenport Memorial and City Hall

"… Bath Police Department has its own building on Water Street at Elm Street. In the bell tower, there is the 1802 bell that was probably cast by Paul…"

Maine State Museum

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