Keywords: Waterville, History
Item 12573
N.W. view of Waterville College, ca. 1830
Contributed by: Colby College Special Collections Date: circa 1830 Location: Waterville Media: Photographic print
Item 61880
Waterville City Hall during the centennial celebration, 1902
Contributed by: Waterville Public Library Date: 1902 Location: Waterville Media: Photographic print
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"We are growing to be somewhat cosmopolitan..." Waterville, 1911
Between 1870 and 1911, Waterville more than doubled in size, becoming a center of manufacturing, transportation, and the retail trade and offering a variety of entertainments for its residents.
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Practical Nursing in Waterville
The Maine School of Practical Nursing opened a facility in Waterville in 1957 and continued teaching practical nursing there until about 1980 when changes in the profession and in the state's educational structure led to its demise.
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Colby College Special Collections
View collections, facts, and contact information for this Contributing Partner.
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Skowhegan Community History - Bloomfield Academy
"Well, Waterville must have had a better proposal, because they won and Colby was built on College Avenue in Waterville, Maine."
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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.
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An enjoyable conference, Portland 2021
by John C. Decker, Danville, Pennsylvania
Some snippets from a 4-day conference by transportation historians in Portland, September 7-11, 2021
