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Portland Water District Casco Street office, 1964

Contributed by: Portland Water District Date: circa 1964 Location: Portland Media: Photographic print

Portland Water District Casco Street Office, ca. 1964

Contributed by: Portland Water District Date: circa 1964 Location: Portland Media: Photographic print

45 Water Street, Portland, 1924

Owner in 1924: Burnham and Morrill Company Use: Factory

45 Water Street, Portland, 1924

Owner in 1924: Burnham and Morrill Company Use: Chicken Feed Manufactory

Plans for Warehouse Building, Portland, 1917-1946

Contributed by: Maine Historical Society Date: 1917–1946 Location: Portland Client: Burnham and Morrill Co. Architect: John Howard Stevens; John Howard Stevens and John Calvin Stevens II Architects

Home: The Longfellow House & the Emergence of Portland

The Wadsworth-Longfellow house is the oldest building on the Portland peninsula, the first historic site in Maine, a National Historic Landmark, home to three generations of Wadsworth and Longfellow family members -- including the boyhood home of the poet Henry Wadsworth Longfellow. The history of the house and its inhabitants provide a unique view of the growth and changes of Portland -- as well as of the immediate surroundings of the home.

Portland Hotels

Since the establishment of the area's first licensed hotel in 1681, Portland has had a dramatic, grand and boisterous hotel tradition. The Portland hotel industry has in many ways reflected the growth and development of the city itself. As Portland grew with greater numbers of people moving through the city or calling it home, the hotel business expanded to fit the increasing demand.

Portland Water District

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New Portland: Bridging the Past to the Future - New Portland: Bridging the Past to the Future

"The name "New" Portland was thus due to its roots to the original Portland. People came to live there in 1783, but the town was officially…"

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.

My father, Earle Ahlquist, served during World War II
by Earlene Chadbourne

Earle Ahlquist used his Maine common sense during his Marine service and to survive Iwo Jima