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Item 34504

Freight Yard on the Penobscot River, Bangor, ca. 1901

Contributed by: Bangor Public Library Date: circa 1901 Location: Bangor Media: Offset Print

Item 27637

Freight List, Steamer Cumberland, Lubec, 1893

Contributed by: Lubec Memorial Library Date: 1893-08-31 Location: Lubec Media: Ink on paper

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Item 34738

M.C.R.R. Freight Yards, Bangor, ca. 1905

Contributed by: Bangor Public Library Date: circa 1905 Location: Bangor Media: Offset Print postcard

Online Exhibits

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Steamboats "Rebecca" and "Fairy of the Lake," Moosehead Lake, ca. 1890

Moosehead Steamboats

After the canoe, steamboats became the favored method of transportation on Moosehead Lake. They revolutionized movement of logs and helped promote tourism in the region.

Exhibit

Rockefeller Drive, Mt. Desert Island, ca. 1935

Designing Acadia

For one hundred years, Acadia National Park has captured the American imagination and stood as the most recognizable symbol of Maine’s important natural history and identity. This exhibit highlights Maine Memory content relating to Acadia and Mount Desert Island.

Exhibit

Friendship Harbor and the steamboat landing, ca. 1910

Jameson & Wotton Wharf, Friendship

Since 1897, the Jameson & Wotton Wharf in Friendship has been an important addition to the community on Muscongus Bay. The wharf, which is accessible at all tides, was a steamboat stop for many years, as well as important to the lobster business.

Site Pages

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Garrison Cove Marker on Black Point Road in Scarborough, 1676

Scarborough: They Called It Owascoag - Historical Overview - Page 2 of 4

"By the 1870s, sixty-five trains a day transported passengers and freight in and out of Portland and through Scarborough."

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Pine Point RR Station, Scarborough, ca. 1890

Scarborough: They Called It Owascoag - Transportation Through the Years - Page 1 of 4

"… sixty-five trains a day brought passengers and freight in and out of Portland, many through Scarborough."

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"Sunbeam" as a car ferry, Swan's Island, ca. 1960

Swan's Island: Six miles east of ordinary - IV. Transitions and troubles: Private enterprise shoulders an island’s needs

"The Seawind carried passengers and freight, and the Quarry Wharf became a social center at landing time when islanders gathered to exchange news and…"