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Historical Items

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Item 26399

Watts Block Fire, Thomaston 1915

Contributed by: Thomaston Historical Society Date: 1915-06-06 Location: Thomaston Media: Photographic print

Item 26666

The Rebuilt Watts Block, Thomaston, 1915

Contributed by: Thomaston Historical Society Date: circa 1915 Location: Thomaston Media: Photographic print

Item 26669

Watts Block, Thomaston, 1890

Contributed by: Thomaston Historical Society Date: circa 1890 Location: Thomaston Media: Photographic print

Tax Records

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Item 83096

Watts property, Seashore Avenue, Peaks Island, Portland, 1924

Owner in 1924: Samuel E. Watts Use: Summer Dwelling

Item 37403

473-477 Commercial Street, Portland, 1924

Owner in 1924: Mary Watts Use: Store

Item 37692

Assessor's Record, 266 Concord Street, Portland, 1924

Owner in 1924: Ellen Watts Use: Stable (as Garage)

Online Exhibits

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Wired! How Electricity Came to Maine

As early as 1633, entrepreneurs along the Piscataqua River in southern Maine utilized the force of the river to power a sawmill, recognizing the potential of the area's natural power sources, but it was not until the 1890s that technology made widespread electricity a reality -- and even then, consumers had to be urged to use it.

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Making Paper, Making Maine

Paper has shaped Maine's economy, molded individual and community identities, and impacted the environment throughout Maine. When Hugh Chisholm opened the Otis Falls Pulp Company in Jay in 1888, the mill was one of the most modern paper-making facilities in the country, and was connected to national and global markets. For the next century, Maine was an international leader in the manufacture of pulp and paper.

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Washington County Through Eastern's Eye

Images taken by itinerant photographers for Eastern Illustrating and Publishing Company, a real photo postcard company, provide a unique look at industry, commerce, recreation, tourism, and the communities of Washington County in the early decades of the twentieth century.

Site Pages

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Thomaston: The Town that Went to Sea - The Watts Block

"The Watts Block Watts Block, Thomaston, 1890Thomaston Historical Society Captain Samuel Watts purchased the deteriorated building that once…"

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Beyond Borders - Mapping Maine and the Northeast Boundary - The Shaping of the Borderlands: Arcane Deeds and Failed Colonies - Page 5 of 5

"… confusion which for so long acted as a block to European expansion would be a false sense of continuity and precedent which would be used to erase…"

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Thomaston: The Town that Went to Sea - 1870 to 1915

"… Captain Watts constructed and presented the Watts Block, a brick building on the southwest corner of Knox and Main Streets, to the town for use by…"