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Historical Items

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Item 31978

Maine Central R. R., Lowell's Crossing, Hallowell, ca. 1919

Contributed by: Hubbard Free Library Date: circa 1919 Location: Hallowell Media: Photographic print

Item 100715

Crowd gathered at causeway dedication, Westport Island, 1950

Contributed by: Westport Island History Committee Date: 1950-06-25 Location: Westport Island; Wiscasset Media: Photographic print

Item 71750

Deer Isle Bridge, Sedgwick, ca. 1938

Contributed by: Boston Public Library Date: circa 1938 Location: Sedgwick Media: Linen texture postcard

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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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.

Exhibit

400 years of New Mainers

Immigration is one of the most debated topics in Maine. Controversy aside, immigration is also America's oldest tradition, and along with religious tolerance, what our nation was built upon. Since the first people--the Wabanaki--permitted Europeans to settle in the land now known as Maine, we have been a state of immigrants.

Site Pages

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Site Page

Strong, a Mussul Unsquit village - The Bridge That Changed The Map

"… end to 8” thick cedar floor beams hanging from cable to cable. Decking of 2½” thick linear planking was laid over the floor beams."

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New Portland: Bridging the Past to the Future - Bridges of West New Portland

"On the seventh day they returned bringing the cables and fittings. Moses Mitchell Sr. and Samuel Parker were the boss teamsters."

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Lincoln, Maine - Ferries

"To ride the ferry, there was a long cable across the river so the ferry could not float down the river and so the operator could pull them across in…"

My Maine Stories

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Story

Pandemic ruminations and the death of Rose Cleveland
by Tilly Laskey

Correlations between the 1918 and 2020 Pandemics