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Plan of the town of New Portland, 1808

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

"… wood turning plant, equipping it with a new water wheel to power the mill. Lester Henderson was influential in business and town government."

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Farmington Harvest, pre 1900

Farmington: Franklin County's Shiretown - Agriculture

"On the other side: cracker barrels, cheese wheels, beans, sugar, spices, slabs of salt fish, molasses barrels and the pot belly stove."

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1794 map of Farmington

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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Aerial view looking toward Lubec, ca. 1950

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."