Maine Memory Network

Dyer Street potato house fire, Presque Isle

Contributed by: Presque Isle Fire Department Date: 1960-12-14 Location: Presque Isle Media: Photoprint

Gay Block Fire, Waldoboro, 1962

Contributed by: Waldoboro Fire Department Date: 1962 Location: Waldoboro Media: Photographic print

Fire Brick Storage, Thompsons Point, Portland, 1924

Owner in 1924: The Portland & Ogdensburg Railroad Use: Fire Brick Storage

83-85 Adams Street, Portland, 1924

Owner in 1924: Catherine Reardon Style: Greek Revival Use: Dwelling & Store

Fire Station for the City of Sanford, Sanford, 1924

Contributed by: Maine Historical Society Date: 1924 Location: Sanford Client: Town of Sanford Architect: Harry S. Coombs

Presque Isle Fire Station, Presque Isle, 1948-1949

Contributed by: Maine Historical Society Date: 1948–1949 Location: Presque Isle Client: Town of Presque Isle Architect: Eaton W. Tarbell

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.

Looking Out: Maine's Fire Towers

Maine, the most heavily forested state in the nation, had the first continuously operational fire lookout tower, beginning a system of fire prevention that lasted much of the twentieth century.

Waldoboro Fire Department

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Millinocket Fire Department

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Bob "Coach" Cote: Highlights from life of a Biddeford legend
by Bob "Coach" Cote

Bob talks about growing up in Biddeford, sports, the fire of 1947, and closing of St. Louis High.

Anti-immigrant violence
by Matthew Jude Barker

Prejudice in Maine against immigrants dates back to at least the mid-1700s

Longfellow's Ripple Effect: Journaling With the Poet - "The Fire of Drift-Wood"

Grade Level: 6-8, 9-12, Postsecondary Content Area: English Language Arts, Social Studies
This lesson is part of a series of six lesson plans that will give students the opportunity to become familiar with the works of Longfellow while reflecting upon how his works speak to their own experiences.