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Item 35510

Roll dam, Sheridan, ca. 1902

Roll dam, Sheridan, ca. 1902

Contributed by: D'Anne Baillargeon through Mark & Emily Turner Memorial Library Date: circa 1902 Location: Ashland Media: Glass Negative

Item 22405

New Bridge, Island Falls, ca. 1929

New Bridge, Island Falls, ca. 1929

Contributed by: Island Falls Historical Society Date: circa 1929 Location: Island Falls Media: Postcard

Item 101724

Side-wheeler "F. W. Ayer" rolling a boom, Pemadumcook Lakes, ca. 1910

Side-wheeler "F. W. Ayer" rolling a boom, Pemadumcook Lakes, ca. 1910

Contributed by: Norcross Heritage Trust Date: circa 1910 Location: Indian Purchase Township No. 4; T1 R9 WELS Media: Photographic print

Online Exhibits

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US Peg and Shank Mill, Princeton, 1930

Princeton: Woods and Water Built This Town

Princeton benefited from its location on a river -- the St. Croix -- that was useful for transportation of people and lumber and for powering mills as well as on its proximity to forests.

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Steamboats "Rebecca" and "Fairy of the Lake," Moosehead Lake, ca. 1890

Moosehead Steamboats

After the canoe, steamboats became the favored method of transportation on Moosehead Lake. They revolutionized movement of logs and helped promote tourism in the region.

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Pulp pile, St. Croix Paper Co., Woodland, ca. 1910

Making Paper, Making Maine

Paper has shaped Maine's economy, molded individual and community identities, and impacted the environment throughout Maine. When Hugh Chisholm opened the Otis Falls Pulp Company in Jay in 1888, the mill was one of the most modern paper-making facilities in the country, and was connected to national and global markets. For the next century, Maine was an international leader in the manufacture of pulp and paper.

My Maine Stories

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Vietnam Memoirs

Vietnam Memoirs
by David Chessey

MY PERSONAL EXPERIENCES AND MY OBSERVATION OF NATIONWIDE OPINIONS CONCERNING THE “VIET NAM" WAR