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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: Chicken Feed Manufactory

7 Water Street, Portland, 1924

Owner in 1924: Burnham and Morrill Company Use: Fish House

Water District Plant, Portland, 1928

Contributed by: Maine Historical Society Date: 1928 Location: Portland; Portland Client: Portland Water District Architect: John Calvin Stevens and John Howard Stevens Architects

Bank Building Gardiner, Me., Gardiner, 1902-1903

Contributed by: Maine Historical Society Date: 1902–1903 Location: Gardiner Client: Gardiner Real Estate Association Architect: Coombs and Gibbs Architects

Clean Water: Muskie and the Environment

Maine Senator Edmund S. Muskie earned the nickname "Mr. Clean" for his environment efforts during his tenure in Congress from 1959 to 1980. He helped created a political coalition that passed important clean air and clean water legislation, drawing on his roots in Maine.

Princeton: Woods and Water Built This Town

Princeton benefited from its location on a river -- the St. Croix -- that was useful for transportation of people and lumber and for powering mills as well as on its proximity to forests.

Portland Water District

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Lubec, Maine - Parade, Pins and Pageantry, 1911

"… float, Lubec, 1911Lubec Historical Society The St. Andrews Band, Frontier National Guards, Capt. Bradish were followed by the Knights of Columbus…"

Langdon Burton and the Cold, Wet Tourists
by Phil Tedrick

A father and son have their vacation experience totally changed by an encounter with a fisherman

A Maine Family's story of being Prisoners of War in Manila
by Nicki Griffin

As a child, born after the war, I would hear these stories - glad they were finally written down