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

"A new water wheel with metal penstock and housing was installed which was rated for 150 horse power."

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Farmington: Franklin County's Shiretown - Railroad into the Village

"No sooner had the engine wheels made their first revolution on the new depot grounds, than some five hundred voices sent up their shouts of welcome."

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

"… on work tables, and in back the racks used to wheel them from the oven room, as in Smillie’s time."