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Item 17998

Bangor and Aroostook Railroad intermodal transfer facility, ca. 1965

Contributed by: Oakfield Historical Society Date: circa 1965 Media: Photographic print

Item 34295

McCann Fire Truck Manufacturing Shop, ca. 1949

Contributed by: Scarborough Historical Society & Museum Date: circa 1949 Location: Scarborough Media: Photographic print

Item 6542

Canning factory, Fryeburg, 1938

Contributed by: Fryeburg Historical Society Date: circa 1938 Location: Fryeburg Media: Photographic print

Online Exhibits

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Pulp pile, St. Croix Paper Co., Woodland, ca. 1910

Making Paper, Making Maine

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.

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Early Fish Canneries in Brooklin

By the 1900s, numerous fish canneries began operating in Center Harbor, located within the Brooklin community. For over thirty years, these plants were an important factor in the community.

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Princeton: Woods and Water Built This Town

Princeton benefited from its location on a river -- the St. Croix -- that was useful for transportation of people and lumber and for powering mills as well as on its proximity to forests.

Site Pages

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Lincoln, Maine - Logging truck, Lincoln, ca. 1930

"Logging truck, Lincoln, ca. 1930 Contributed by Lincoln Historical Society Description These trucks would come across the frozen lake from…"

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Islesboro--An Island in Penobscot Bay - Businesses and Cottage Industries

"… salesman with the latest footwear, the vegetable truck, the dairy wagon and even the local merchant who arrived in a large panel truck, laden with…"

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Protection of clams in the Town of Scarborough, 1853

Scarborough: They Called It Owascoag - Catch of the Day: Clamming and Lobstering - Page 2 of 4

"The sea, or hen, clam was trucked in from Wildwood, New Jersey. The hen clam became central to the factory’s operation, necessitating a need for more…"