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Historical Items

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Item 76561

Androscoggin No. 2, Brockton, Mass., ca. 1940

Contributed by: Town of Topsham Date: circa 1940 Location: Brockton Media: Photographic print

Item 79508

Fire Bucket from the Androscoggin No. 2, Topsham, 1850

Contributed by: Town of Topsham Date: 1850 Location: Topsham Media: Metal, paint

Item 76560

Member of the Androscoggin Veteran Fire Association muster team, Topsham, 1964

Contributed by: Town of Topsham Date: 1964-07-18 Location: Topsham Media: Photographic print

Architecture & Landscape

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Item 109504

Plans for the Callahan Building, Lewiston, 1892-1910

Contributed by: Maine Historical Society Date: 1892–1910 Location: Lewiston Client: T.F. Callahan and Co. Architect: George M. Coombs; Coombs, Gibbs and Wilkinson Architects

Online Exhibits

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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.

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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.

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Wired! How Electricity Came to Maine

As early as 1633, entrepreneurs along the Piscataqua River in southern Maine utilized the force of the river to power a sawmill, recognizing the potential of the area's natural power sources, but it was not until the 1890s that technology made widespread electricity a reality -- and even then, consumers had to be urged to use it.

Site Pages

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Western Maine Foothills Region - Rumford - Page 2 of 4

"9 East Rumford, No. 12 Red Hill, and No. 13 Isthmus. Stephens High School State Champions, Rumford, 1913Greater Rumford Area Historical Society…"

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Western Maine Foothills Region - Mt. Zircon Reservoir - Page 2 of 3

"Zircon Brook and the Androscoggin River. His granddaughter, Janette West Blouin, who still resides next to the existing West farm, recalls hearing…"

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Western Maine Foothills Region - Dixfield - Page 1 of 5

"… Coos Road, running from northern Vermont down the Androscoggin and Sandy River valleys to Hallowell. A Revolutionary Was soldier, Col."