Keywords: hurricane damage in Maine
Item 26400
Hurricane Damage, Thomaston, ca. 1954
Contributed by: An individual through Thomaston Historical Society Date: circa 1954 Location: Thomaston Media: Photographic print
Item 17442
Damage Resulting from Hurricane Edna, Bangor and Aroostook Railroad, Maysville, 1954
Contributed by: Oakfield Historical Society Date: 1954 Location: Maysville Media: Photographic print
Exhibit
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.
Exhibit
The rocky coastline of Cape Elizabeth has sent many vessels to their watery graves.
Site Page
Historic Hallowell - Hurricanes Of 1954 - Stories and Timelines
"There was not as much damage as hurricane Carol. Hurricane Edna was a smaller hurricane. In this work it is going to tell you about both of them."
Site Page
Bath's Historic Downtown - Entertainment- Alameda and Opera House
"Then, on September 1, 1954, it was hit by Hurricane Carol. The damage was not as horrible as the fire, but misfortune it was."
Story
Vietnam Memoirs
by David Chessey
MY PERSONAL EXPERIENCES AND MY OBSERVATION OF NATIONWIDE OPINIONS CONCERNING THE “VIET NAM" WAR
