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Item 17877
Title: Factory Workers from Swan's Island, ca. 1900
Contributed by: Swan's Island Educational Society
Date: circa 1900
Location: Swan's Island
Media: Photograph
Item 25228
Title: Mill workers during the lunch hour on Main Street, Biddeford, 1912
Contributed by: McArthur Public Library
Date: 1912
Location: Biddeford
Media: Black & white photograph
Item 9782
Title: Corn factory workers, Alfred, 1892
Contributed by: Sanford Historical Committee
Date: 1892
Location: Alfred
Media: Print from a 6
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Workers in Maine have labored in factories, on farms, in the woods, on the water, among other locales. Many of Maine's occupations have been determined by the state's climate and geographical features.
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History in Motion: The Era of the Electric Railways
Street railways, whether horse-drawn or electric, required the building of trestles and tracks. The new form of transportation aided industry, workers, vacationers, and other travelers.
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The Swinging Bridge: Walking Across the Androscoggin
Built in 1892 to entice workers at the Cabot Manufacturing Corporation in Brunswick to move to newly built housing in Topsham, the Androscoggin Pedestrian "Swinging" Bridge or Le Petit Pont quickly became important to many people traveling between the two communities.