Keywords: Central Fire Station
Item 14363
Central Fire Station, Bangor, ca. 1950
Contributed by: Hose 5 Fire Museum Date: circa 1950 Location: Bangor Media: Photographic print
Item 14364
Central Fire Station, Bangor, ca. 1930
Contributed by: Hose 5 Fire Museum Date: circa 1930 Location: Bangor Media: Photographic print
Item 109889
Central fire station for the Town of Rumford, Rumford, 1924
Contributed by: Maine Historical Society Date: 1924 Location: Rumford Client: Town of Rumford Architect: Harry S. Coombs
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A Portland newspaper wrote about an ice storm of January 28, 1886 saying, "The city of Portland was visited yesterday by the most inconvenient storm of the season."
Exhibit
From Sewers to Skylines: William S. Edwards's 1887 Photo Album
William S. Edwards (1830-1918) was a civil engineer who worked for the City of Portland from 1876-1906. Serving as First Assistant to Chief Engineer William A. Goodwin, then to Commissioner George N. Fernald, Edwards was a fixture in City Hall for 30 consecutive years, proving indispensable throughout the terms of 15 Mayors of Portland, including all six of those held by James Phineas Baxter. Edwards made significant contributions to Portland, was an outstanding mapmaker and planner, and his works continue to benefit historians.
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Bath's Historic Downtown - The Railroad Station
"The newly built station served as a passenger station and freight depot for eighteen years until Maine Central Railroad (MCRR) shut down its…"
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.
