Maine Memory Network

Historic Hallowell - Dummer House

"… the charm and happiness in the social life of the rapidly growing village at the Hook. Old Hallowell on the Kennebec, Nason, 1909."

Historic Hallowell - Meeting at Koussinok

"… the last point of navigation on the Kennebec, the rapids in Augusta that marked the “head of tide,” they came at last upon the Indian village they…"

Historic Hallowell - More About the Johnson Brothers

"The shoe business grew so rapidly in Hallowell  that its shoes were being shipped across the country."

Thomaston: The Town that Went to Sea - Building Boom, early 19th century

"… to shipbuilding, and Thomaston’s population rapidly expanded as a direct result. North side of Main Street Business Section, Thomaston…"

Historic Clothing Collection - 1890-1900 - Page 1 of 3

"… The 1890s are defined by plain skirts, the rapid rise and fall of the sleeve, and the increased availability of silk."

Life on a Tidal River - Project Process

"… High School, the devastating 1911 Fire and the rapid reconstruction of the city in the two years following, fit very well with discussions of the…"

Biddeford History & Heritage Project - VII. Flow and ebb: the effects of industrial peak & global upheaval (1900-1955) - Page 1 of 3

"1900McArthur Public Library Biddeford had rapidly gained the services and utilities that made it a true urban area: city water (1885), electric…"

Strong, a Mussul Unsquit village - Groups, Clubs & Organizations - Page 2 of 3

"… 39 posts had been chartered, and interest spread rapidly to adjoining states. Ten states and the District of Columbia were represented at the first…"

Beyond Borders - Mapping Maine and the Northeast Boundary - Pejepscot Proprietors Biographies - Page 2 of 2

"… supervising the blasting of a passage through the rapids in the Adroscoggin river. Company (Check that HENRY) He remained active in overseeing his…"

Skowhegan Community History - Benedict Arnold's March

"… used for paddling in slow water, not the fast rapids of the untamed Kennebec. So the army people had to take the bateaux apart, carry the pieces…"

Cumberland & North Yarmouth - Our Shared History - Page 1 of 4

"The descendents of the original proprietors had large families, and the population grew rapidly. On its books in 1764, North Yarmouth listed 188…"

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Farmington: Franklin County's Shiretown - Chester Greenwood

"He sold Florida Boilers, a business that grew rapidly. He later sold that business because he couldn’t provide the service it required."

Lubec, Maine - The Blizzard of '34 - Page 1 of 2

"… after the first of the year conditions improved rapidly. “It seems like winter is over,” wrote the January 11 issue on page 1, noting 40-45 degree…"

Bath's Historic Downtown - Old Town Hall and Grant Building

"The community, beginning to grow rapidly, decided to become a city in 1847. It was also the place to store files but people thought that it wasn't a…"

Guilford, Maine - MANUFACTURING - Page 1 of 2

"In 1954 there was rapid growth of new equipment and they expanded their market. They sold out all over New England and the Mid Atlantic States."

Mercy Hospital - School of Nursing - Page 1 of 3

"… the rest of the medical field, nursing underwent rapid transformation and professionalization at the turn of the twentieth century."

Rum, Riot, and Reform - 1820 to 1865: Temperance and the Maine Law

"… view temperance as a virtue and drinking declined rapidly. GALLERIES: A Call to Temperance | Temperance Membership | Neal Dow | Drinking…"

Life on a Tidal River - Narrative

"The rapid expansion of the American population during the 1820s and 30s forced the building of new housing."

Mount Desert Island: Shaped by Nature - Harbor Cottage, The Old Ell (“Mame’s House”), and the Big Barn

"… seeking an escape to unspoiled nature from their rapidly developing urban surroundings. One place they discovered was the relative backwater of…"

Skowhegan Community History - The Skowhegan Island

"The welcoming of houses brought the rapid growth of mills. In the 1790s, first mills were built along the 'sluiceway' and small dams were erected to…"

Farmington: Franklin County's Shiretown - Railroad into the Village

"… the east side is reached, the piling will be more rapidly set. The bridge is to cross the river by four forty feet spans, each of which will rest…"

Scarborough: They Called It Owascoag - Historical Overview - Page 1 of 4

"Rapid development started in the 1970s, as people from other areas were attracted to Scarborough's abundant land and unique location."

Western Maine Foothills Region - Continental Paper Bag Company

"… work at the Rumford Falls factory progressed rapidly. In the spring of 1900, the new Bag Factory at Rumford Falls was started; in December of 1900…"