Keywords: Car Repair
Item 17354
Box car repair, Derby Shop, ca. 1970
Contributed by: Oakfield Historical Society Date: circa 1970 Location: Derby Media: Photographic print
Item 51065
Construction car, Portland, ca. 1920
Contributed by: Seashore Trolley Museum Date: circa 1920 Location: Portland Media: Photographic print
Item 74962
Car Repair Shop, Thompsons Point, Portland, 1924
Owner in 1924: The Portland & Ogdensburg Railroad Use: Car Repair Shop
Item 36853
99 Clark Street, Portland, 1924
Owner in 1924: Enoch C Richards Use: Garage
Exhibit
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
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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Historic Hallowell - Ice Storm Interviews - Page 1 of 2
"Then I asked him how long would it take to repair the cars and his answer was “It would take a few days to repair because It would take a while to…"
Story
Learning to fly and instructing cadets at West Point during WWII
by Vera Cleaves
West Point during World War II
Story
John Coyne from Waterville Enlists as a Railroad Man in WWI
by Mary D. Coyne
Description of conditions railroad men endured and family background on John Coyne.
