Maine Memory Network

Thomaston: The Town that Went to Sea - Thomaston Expands - 1805 to 1846

"In the late 19th century, pre-existing wooden stores were gradually replaced with brick construction, creating the historic downtown streets one sees…"

Bath's Historic Downtown - Church Block

"The original building was built in 1863. It has a wooden bay window that was added in 1909, and the bricks that make up the outer facade are painted…"

Bath's Historic Downtown - Davenport Memorial and City Hall

"Before the Davenport Memorial, there were four wooden buildings with many uses at the site. A barber shop shared one building with the Farr and Frost…"

Highlighting Historical Hampden - Expansion

"The first Academy building was a wooden structure rebuilt of brick after the first was destroyed by fire in 1843."

Bath's Historic Downtown - Ledyard Block

"… Ledyard and PalmerPatten Free Library A small, wooden building was torn down to make room for the Ledyard Block."

Bath's Historic Downtown - The Sagadahock House and The Sagadahoc Block

"The fire, leaping the street, caught on the wooden building across Front Street. Gas tanks exploded and walls fell every couple of minutes, causing…"

Historic Hallowell - The Vaughan Stream & Sawmills

"… arch bridge was completed in 1930, replacing the wooden bridge that was mounted on the wire mill dam."

Thomaston Historical Society

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

"Traditional industries like wooden shipbuilding and fishing declined precipitously. By the early 1900’s, the state of Maine, including costal towns…"

Lubec, Maine - Lubec History

"… grew -- sawmills that provided the shooks for wooden cases that held the cans ready for shipment; transporters; boat builders; suppliers of…"

Lincoln, Maine - MacGregor's Spool Mill

"The business really started on February 28, 1876, when the first carload of spools was shipped. The business was doing well until August 21, 1885…"

Lubec, Maine - Building the Roosevelt Bridge to Campobello - Page 1 of 3

"… cranes moved in place to fabricate the temporary wooden trestles in the water as working platforms for construction of pier foundations, piers, and…"

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

"In regard to the bridge, it is stretching out its wooden legs and arms toward its eastern terminus with a rapidity which neither injunctions nor any…"

Presque Isle: The Star City - Arthur R. Gould

"… the seed money and encouragement to replace the wooden bridge originally built across the Presque Isle Stream on State Street by Presque Isle…"