Maine Memory Network

Family fallout shelter, Portland, 1981

Contributed by: Maine Historical Society Date: 1981-06-04 Location: Portland Media: Photographic print

State Office Building bomb shelter, Augusta, 1981

Contributed by: Maine Historical Society Date: 1981-06-04 Location: Augusta Media: Photographic print

Shelter for trucks, Merrills Wharf, Portland, 1924

Owner in 1924: The Twitchell Champlin Company Use: Shelter for trucks

Assessor's Record, Shelter Roof, Custom House Wharf, Portland, 1924

Owner in 1924: Proprietors of Custom House Wharf Use: Shelter Roof

Bungalow for Gen. John Marshall Brown, Falmouth, 1882-1897

Contributed by: Maine Historical Society Date: 1882–1897 Location: Falmouth Client: John Marshall Brown Architect: John Calvin Stevens; Stevens & Cobb Architects

Cottage for Francis Cushing on Cushing Island, Portland, ca. 1896

Contributed by: Maine Historical Society Date: circa 1896 Location: Portland Client: Francis Cushing Architect: John Calvin Stevens

Civil Defense: Fear and Safety

In the 1950s and the 1960s, Maine's Civil Defense effort focused on preparedness for hurricanes, floods and other natural disasters and a more global concern, nuclear war. Civil Defense materials urged awareness, along with measures like storing food and other staple items and preparing underground or other shelters.

Building the International Appalachian Trail

Wildlife biologist Richard Anderson first proposed the International Appalachian Trail (IAT) in 1993. The IAT is a long-distance hiking trail along the modern-day Appalachian, Caledonian, and Atlas Mountain ranges, geological descendants of the ancient Central Pangean Mountains. Today, the IAT stretches from the Katahdin Woods and Waters National Monument in Maine, through portions of Canada, Greenland, Iceland, the Faroe Islands, and Europe, and into northern Africa.

Historic Hallowell - Earning Our Keep

"Clearing land, planting crops, seeking shelter, caring for animals, making clothing - the tasks of human existence vary little at the basic level."

Historic Hallowell - Day 5

"Not only were they housing people in shelters but the number of Red Cross shelters activated and filled was the most in Maine history."

2020 Sheltering in Place Random Notes During COVID-19
by Phyllis Merriam, LCSW

Sheltering-in-Place personal experiences in mid-coast Maine (Rockland) during March and April 2020

Restoring the Penobscot River
by John Banks

My role as the Director of the Department of Natural Resources for the Penobscot Indian Nation