Maine Memory Network

Niles Nelson, South Portland, 1926

Contributed by: Maine Historical Society/MaineToday Media Date: 1926 Location: South Portland Media: Glass Negative

Hose 4, South Portland, 1952

Contributed by: Maine Historical Society Date: 1952 Location: South Portland Media: Photographic print

48 Western Promenade (south side), Portland, 1924

Owner in 1924: Helen Rosenberg Use: Dwelling - Single family

50 Western Promenade (rear south side), Portland, 1924

Owner in 1924: Helen Rosenberg Use: Garage

South Portland's Wartime Shipbuilding

Two shipyards in South Portland, built quickly in 1941 to construct cargo ships for the British and Americans, produced nearly 270 ships in two and a half years. Many of those vessels bore the names of notable Mainers.

A Town Is Born: South Bristol, 1915

After being part of the town of Bristol for nearly 150 years, residents of South Bristol determined that their interests would be better served by becoming a separate town and they broke away from the large community of Bristol.

South Portland Public Library

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Thomaston: The Town that Went to Sea - The End of Wooden Shipbuilding - 1910 to 1950

"… out of Panama, was sunk by a torpedo in the South Atlantic during World War II on June 2, 1942."

Sustainable Futures
by Bill McKibben, Schumann Distinguished Scholar Middlebury College

Climate change is the biggest thing humans have ever done. So we need to think big as we take it on.

Redlining and the Jewish Communities in Maine
by David Freidenreich

Federal and state policies created unfair housing practices against immigrants, like redlining.