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Title: West Branch ponds, ca. 1900

Contributed by: Maine Historical Society

Date: circa 1900

Location: Shawtown Twp.

Media: Lantern slide

Title: West Branch of the Penobscot River, ca. 1900

Contributed by: Patten Lumbermen's Museum

Date: circa 1900

Media: Photograph

Title: Logs, West Branch Penobscot, ca. 1920

Contributed by: Maine Forest Service

Date: circa 1920

Media: Photograph

Moving Lumber, Growing Bangor

Bangor became the largest lumber port in the world in the early 19th century, aided by several dams that diverted water and made lumber drives down the Penobscot River possible.