Keywords: welding
Item 17849
Contributed by: Oakfield Historical Society Date: circa 1955 Media: Photographic print
Item 14514
Contributed by: Oakfield Historical Society Date: circa 1960 Media: Photographic print
Item 86337
31 Custom House wharf, Portland, 1924
Owner in 1924: Proprietors of Custom House Wharf Use: Welding Shop
Item 41769
49-51 Cross Street, Portland, 1924
Owner in 1924: Estate of Henry R. Stickney Use: Garage & Machine Shop
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South Portland's Wartime Shipbuilding
Two shipyards in South Portland, built quickly in 1941 to construct cargo ships for the British and Americans, produced nearly 270 ships in two and a half years. Many of those vessels bore the names of notable Mainers.
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Summer Folk: The Postcard View
Vacationers, "rusticators," or tourists began flooding into Maine in the last quarter of the 19th century. Many arrived by train or steamer. Eventually, automobiles expanded and changed the tourist trade, and some vacationers bought their own "cottages."
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Western Maine Foothills Region - Dixfield - Page 4 of 5
"… just “above the hill” going towards Carthage and Weld. Joseph Mitchell and his wife “Aunt Hannah” Dillingham settled on the farm through which this…"
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Scarborough: They Called It Owascoag - Historical Overview - Page 4 of 4
"Boston, MA: Stanhope Press, 1907. Ware, Moses Weld. Beacon Light in the History of Prouts Neck. Prouts Neck, ME: Prouts Neck Association, n.d."