Keywords: wheel house
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Mount Desert Island: Shaped by Nature - The Old House (circa 1820-2013)
"… Asticou dwellings that should have been built on wheels. It was originally built and sited around 1820 near the northeast corner of the present-day…"
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John Martin: Expert Observer - Old Bill, gundalow crossing Penobscot River, Bangor, 1846
"… by "making the horses head fast and shocking the wheels." The illustration is on page 234 of the journal."
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Lincoln, Maine - Thomas S. Libby
"The wooden wheels were primarily for carriages or wagons. A carriage maker is a person that makes carriages."
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John Martin: Expert Observer - John Martin's cart, Hampden, ca. 1833
"… a mechanic I made me a cart with hub and spoke wheels and the idea started from an instance of a crooked limb which I found while gunning in the…"
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Blue Hill, Maine - A Real Downeast County Fair
"Early entertainment included the Ferris Wheel, which is still popular, and an assortment of rides ranging from the sedate (animals rides) to the…"
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Lubec, Maine - McCurdy Herring Smokehouse - Page 4 of 4
"(P. 456). Wheeled herring cart, Lubec, ca. 1970Lubec Landmarks Wheeled herring cart: Left under cover when McCurdy’s closed was this cart, now…"
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Historic Hallowell - Cascade Hand Tub
"It had two-foot high wooden wheels with a half-inch strip of iron around them and a fifty foot leather hose."
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Mount Desert Island: Shaped by Nature - Third Generation and Beyond
"… “Chase” should construct all of his buildings on wheels. This may have been a good suggestion. As time would pass and practical needs would change…"
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Mount Desert Island: Shaped by Nature - Source Materials
"… gave genesis to the title for the ‘Houses on Wheels’ section. Dr. William R. Horner for proofreading draft text and providing needed edits."
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Historic Hallowell - The Tiger and the Lion
"It was sold to the Vaughans in 1875. The wheels were made of wooden discs which where bound with half inch iron tires."
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Presque Isle: The Star City - Northern Maine Fair Memories - Page 1 of 3
"… and only ride that she would go on was the Ferris Wheel because the other rides were too fast and would make her sick."
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Strong, a Mussul Unsquit village - Strong's History - Page 3 of 4
"That person would turn the wheel to that letter, open that bin, take out his mail, and close the cover."
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Mount Desert Island: Shaped by Nature - Summary: The Future: Recycle or Start from Scratch?
"… examples around Mount Desert Island of "houses on wheels." Readers are encouraged to find other examples around the Island of transformed…"
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Scarborough: They Called It Owascoag - Roads: From Footpaths to Super Highway
"… with a homemade odometer attached to a carriage wheel to calculate distance traveled.(3) At each mile a stake was driven into the ground and a crew…"
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Scarborough: They Called It Owascoag - A Look Inside the Classroom Over Time - Page 2 of 4
"Fall and spring it traveled on wheels and in the winter on runners.The number of school children riding school buses in Scarborough has risen…"
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Farmington: Franklin County's Shiretown - Chester Greenwood
"He ran a bicycle shop – selling and repairing “wheels”. He sold Florida Boilers, a business that grew rapidly."
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Biddeford History & Heritage Project - III. An undercurrent of danger: Colonial Biddeford
"The wheel of the cart ended up in a pot hole, however, and the natives were exposed to the settlers' fire. Six natives were killed and 15 wounded."
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Cumberland & North Yarmouth - "Main Streets" of North Yarmouth and Cumberland
"Heaters were essential for four wheeled wagons and carriages whose wheels could not easily make perpendicular turns."
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Guilford, Maine - BUILDINGS - Page 2 of 5
"… equipment they had was one linen hose, one two-wheeled hose reel that they could use in the summer, and a sled they could use in the winter."
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Guilford, Maine - Guilford Schools
"Superintendent Frank Kent placed the wheels in motion, and in 1948 Piscataquis Community High School was formed."
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Guilford, Maine - Pre-Settlement And The First 100 Years
"… equipment which consisted of linen hose, a two wheeled hose reel, and a sled for winter use. The pay for firemen was either $3 per year or their…"
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Thomaston: The Town that Went to Sea - Emerson Letter
"… a wagon or a gun, they either burnt or cut the wheels to pieces and threw the ammunition into a mudpuddle."
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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."