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Historic Hallowell - Hallowell's First Dwelling

"Hallowell's First Dwelling Deacon Pease Clark, Settler's Lot, Hallowell, 1761Courtesy of Sumner A."

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Historic Hallowell - Johnson Brothers and Their Shoe Factory

"Johnson Brothers and Their Shoe Factory Tayler Gagnon, Annie McKee, Mikayla Merrill, and Mari Smith In the late 1800s to mid 1900s, Hallowell was…"

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Historic Hallowell - Industrial Recources

"Industrial Recources Grant Bowen's Interwiew with Captain Aurthur Moore, Harbor Master  In earlier days, ships were made of wood, but later were…"

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Historic Hallowell - Basic Fire Fighting Technology

"Basic Fire Fighting Technology Fire bucket, Union Fire club, Hallowell, 1801Hubbard Free Library The oldest fire dousing technology were…"

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Historic Hallowell - The Union Fire Club of Hallowell, Musters, & Carnivals

"… The Union Fire Club of Hallowell, Musters, & Carnivals Nicole Bodge, Josh Cowing, Haley Houdlette, Signe Lynch, Quinton Stebbins Masquerade…"

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Historic Hallowell - Historic Hallowell Homes

"Historic Hallowell Homes Peter Clark, Jr. House, Gows Lane, Hallowell, 1968Hubbard Free Library Captian Benjamin Gould House, Winthrop…"

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Historic Hallowell - Learn how you can help! Contact Us

"Learn how you can help! Contact Us The work of learning about and sharing the history of our community continues! If you are interested in helping…"

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Historic Hallowell - The City of Hallowell

"The City of Hallowell City HallHubbard Free Library Ice storm' Hallowell House, Hallowell, 1998Hubbard Free Library During the Ice Storm…"

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Historic Hallowell - Commerce on the Kennebec Citations

"… Commerce on the Kennebec Citations WEBSITES: Dartmouth Flood Observatory, published July 2003, 1987 Global Register of Extreme Flood Events…"

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Historic Hallowell - Hallowell Police Department

"Hallowell Police Department Police, City Marshal and Officers, Hallowell, 1888Courtesy of Sumner A."

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Historic Hallowell - Industrial Technology

"Industrial Technology Sydney Gross, Alex Landry, Alex Guiou, Sydney Perry & Maggie Pomerleau Cotton Mill, Academy Street, Hallowell, ca."

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Historic Hallowell - Ice Storm Interviews - Page 2 of 2

"Ice Storm Interviews Ice Storm, Wingate Residence, Hallowell, 1998Hubbard Free Library Clio Barr's Interview of Wendy Wingate about the Ice…"

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Historic Hallowell - Ice Storm Interviews - Page 1 of 2

"Ice Storm Interviews Ice Storm, Academy St., Hallowell, 1998Hubbard Free Library Car repair from the Ice storm of 1998 I interviewed Paul…"

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Historic Hallowell - Industry on Bombahook

"Industry on Bombahook There are several theories as to how Bombahook Stream got its name. Birds eye view map, Hallowell, 1878 Bombahook is the…"

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Historic Hallowell - Day 4 - Page 2 of 3

"… Day 4 Ice Storm Comic  Created by Nathaniel Crocker"

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Historic Hallowell - Day 4 - Page 1 of 3

"Day 4 On day four things continued to get worse. Maine was declared a disaster area. Now there were 270,000 outages of power and 500,000 people are…"

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Historic Hallowell - Maine Community Heritage Project

"Maine Community Heritage Project The Maine Community Heritage Project (MCHP), a partnership between the Maine Historical Society and Maine State…"

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Historic Hallowell - Industry and Immigrants-A Changing Community

"Industry and Immigrants-A Changing Community Workers in Wiler's Oil Cloth Factory.Hubbard Free Library When the railroad came to Hallowell in…"

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Historic Hallowell - Day 5

"Day 5 They reported a lot of electricity losses still. Although the power was getting fixed there were still tons of people without power."

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Historic Hallowell - Hallowell Floods Citations

"… Hallowell Floods Citations WEBSITES: Dartmouth Flood Observatory, published July 2003, 1987 Global Register of Extreme Flood Events…"

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Historic Hallowell - Earning Our Keep Resources

"Earning Our Keep Resources Roll over the top left corner of the paragraph with your mouse. A toolbox will appear that allows you to edit, format…"

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Historic Hallowell - Ice Storm Comparisons

"Ice Storm Comparisons The ice storm of 98 hit Hallowell very hard. Recently Iowa had an ice storm, these storms were similar."

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Historic Hallowell - Kennebec Wire Company

"Kennebec Wire Company Wire Mill, Hallowell, ca. 1880Hubbard Free Library Out of the many industries along the Bombahook and Vaughan Stream…"