Maine Memory Network

Roller Coaster, Old Orchard Beach, 1948

Contributed by: Dyer Library/Saco Museum Date: 1948-10-03 Location: Old Orchard Beach Media: Photographic print

Roller Coaster fragments, Old Orchard Beach, 1948

Contributed by: Dyer Library/Saco Museum Date: 1948-10-04 Location: Old Orchard Beach Media: Photographic print

1929-2013 Forest Avenue, Portland, 1924

Owner in 1924: Riverton Realty Company Use: Amusement

Assessor's Record, 1929-2013 Forest Avenue, Portland, 1924

Owner in 1924: Riverton Realty Company Use: Dwelling

Waldoboro Fire Department's 175 Years

While the town of Waldoboro was chartered in 1773, it began organized fire protection in 1838 with a volunteer fire department and a hand pump fire engine, the Water Witch.

Rum, Riot, and Reform - Drinking: Elegance and Debauchery

"X Coaster American, probably New York, 1855-1860 Silver and birds eye maple; silver engraved Morse Collections of Victoria Mansion: The…"

Thomaston: The Town that Went to Sea - Early Wharves and Yards - 1795 to 1825

"General Henry Knox built coasters as early as 1796, according to Eaton, but no records of vessels attributed to him appear until the 110-ton schooner…"

Thomaston: The Town that Went to Sea - Henry Knox: Shipping

"… ship building as early as 1796, and that several coasters were launched and kept running in his employ in the late eighteenth and early nineteenth…"