Keywords: railroad scales
Item 17317
Bureau of Standards railroad scale testing car, 1960
Contributed by: Oakfield Historical Society Date: 1960 Media: Photographic print
Item 30927
Aerial View of Guilford Looking East, ca. 1955
Contributed by: Guilford Historical Society Date: circa 1955 Location: Guilford Media: Photographic print
Exhibit
Great Cranberry Island's Preble House
The Preble House, built in 1827 on a hilltop over Preble Cove on Great Cranberry Island, was the home to several generations of Hadlock, Preble, and Spurling family members -- and featured in several books.
Exhibit
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.
Site Page
Farmington: Franklin County's Shiretown - Railroad into the Village
"Railroad into the Village The railroad reached Farmington by the end of 1859, but the depot was on the West side of the river."
Site Page
Scarborough: They Called It Owascoag - Transportation Through the Years - Page 2 of 4
"People were out of work or on a wage scale that precluded any extra pleasure trips, and fewer people were riding the trolley to Portland for shopping."
Story
Norcross Deer Hunting
by Albert Fowler
How hunting has impacted my life
