Maine Memory Network

Scarborough: They Called It Owascoag - Transportation Through the Years - Page 2 of 4

"During the winter months when there was snow, sleigh cars replaced the horse cars. Some time after Portland became electrified in the 1880s, the…"

Scarborough: They Called It Owascoag - Transportation Through the Years - Page 4 of 4

"… number of accidents between automobiles and horse-drawn vehicles. In 1910 Scarborough citizens, following Portland’s lead, voted to limit the speed…"

Scarborough: They Called It Owascoag - Historical Overview - Page 2 of 4

"… Benjamin Swett and Lieutenant Richardson were drawn into ambush and a bloody battle ensued in the vicinity of Moore's Brook, about two miles from…"

Cumberland & North Yarmouth - Skyline Farm - Making and Preserving History

"… representative examples of antique horse-drawn carriages and sleighs since before WWII. By the late 1960s, his collection was overflowing his own…"

Blue Hill, Maine - Discover the Story of Blue Hill - Page 3 of 4

"… or Parker Point where they might be met by horse-drawn carriages to take them up Tenney Hill to George Stover's new Blue Hill Inn on what is now…"

Bath's Historic Downtown - Intersection of Centre and Washington

"… to the railroad station, often using horse-drawn buggies for transportation. Liveries were common in the age of the railroad, and a large one was…"

Cumberland & North Yarmouth - Our Shared History - Page 3 of 4

"Horse-drawn carriages and wagons were fundamental to our farms; they were an essential mode of transportation and would remain so into the early…"