Keywords: canal system
Item 7075
Canal workers, Lewiston, ca. 1880
Contributed by: Lewiston Public Library Date: circa 1880 Location: Lewiston Media: Phototransparency
Item 104213
Pepperell Mills lower lagoon, Biddeford, 2014
Contributed by: Biddeford Mills Museum Date: circa 1844 Location: Biddeford Media: Digital Image
Exhibit
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.
Exhibit
Like many cities in France, Lewiston and Auburn's skylines are dominated by a cathedral-like structure, St. Peter and Paul Church. Now designated a basilica by the Vatican, it stands as a symbol of French Catholic contributions to the State of Maine.
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Western Maine Foothills Region - Hugh J. Chisholm, Sr. - Page 1 of 2
"… above and around the Falls, his plans for dams, canal, mills, a power company, and a water district could not be finalized."
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Farmington: Franklin County's Shiretown - John Frank Stevens
"Stevens took over the Canal project from John F. Wallace in 1905, Wallace had resigned the position mainly because of a fear of yellow fever, which…"
