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Historical Items Showing 3 of 934 View All
Item 13779
Title: Waldo-Hancock Bridge work, 1960
Contributed by: Maine State Archives
Date: 1960
Location: Prospect; Verona
Media: Black and White Photograph
Item 13792
Title: Waldo-Hancock Bridge repairs, 1960
Contributed by: Maine State Archives
Date: 1960
Location: Prospect; Verona
Media: Black and white photograph
Item 62169
Title: Connecting beams of new bridge, Lubec, 1962
Contributed by: Lubec Historical Society
Date: 1962-02-09
Location: Lubec
Media: B&W Polaroid photograph
Tax Records Showing 3 of 5 View All
Item 70749
Item 37487
Address: 2-40 Commercial Street, Portland
Owner in 1924: Portland Gas Light Co.
Use: Peck Carrier Bridge
Item 72663
Exhibits Showing 3 of 6 View All
Exhibit
The Waldo-Hancock Bridge is in the process of being dismantled after over 70 years of service. The Maine State Archives has a number of records related to the history of this famous bridge that are presented in this exhibition.
Exhibit
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.
Exhibit
Lt. Charles Bridges: Getting Ahead in the Army
Sgt. Charles Bridges of Co. B of the 2nd Maine Infantry was close to the end of his two years' enlistment in early 1863 when he took advantage of an opportunity for advancement by seeking and getting a commission as an officer in the 3rd Regiment U.S. (Colored) Volunteers.
Sites Showing 3 of 4 View All
Site
New Portland: Bridging the Past to the Future
A multi-village history of this western Maine town as created by students and teachers from MSAD #74, the New Portland Community Library, and the New Portland Historical Society. Exhibits are divided into sections examining North New Portland Village, East New Portland Village, and West New Portland Village.
Site
Strong, a Mussul Unsquit village
The history of a small western Maine community north of Farmington as told by a team consisting of Strong Historical Society, Strong Elementary School, and Strong Public Library. Exhibit topics include Strong's prominence in the wood products industry (it was once the "Toothpick Capital of the World"), the "Bridge that Changed the Map," schools and educational history, clubs and organizations, "Fly Rod" Crosby, the first Maine guide, and a rich student section related to the Civil War and post-Civil War era in the town.
Site
A history of the easternmost town in Maine as created by the Lubec Historical Society, Lubec Consolidated School, Lubec Landmarks, and Lubec Memorial Library. Exhibits include the sardine and herring industries, the Sardine Queen, the West Quoddy Head Lighthouse, the 1911 Centennial Celebration, the S. S. Cumberland Steamer, the gold hoax, an important community quilt, a tragic boating accident, and the blizzard of 1934, among others.