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Description
On September 23, 1923 a blaze started in one of the broom shops and soon spread to the harness shop and the paint shop at the Maine State Prison. Both were destroyed along with the woodshop, containing 75 cords of wood.
About This Item
- Title: Prison Fire, Thomaston, 1923
- Creation Date: 1923-09-15
- Subject Date: 1923-09-15
- Location: Thomaston, Knox County, ME
- Media: Photographic print
- Dimensions: 11.5 cm x 16.5 cm
- Local Code: PhotographsBoxFires
- Object Type: Image
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Standardized Subject Headings
- Maine State Prison--Fires, 1923
- Fires--Maine--Thomaston
- Prisons--Maine--Thomaston
- Jails--Maine--Thomaston
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Thomaston Historical SocietyPO Box 384, Thomaston, ME 04861
(207) 354 2295
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