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Historic Hallowell - Important Buildings and Institutions

"… the vibrant business district and along the restored waterfront, provides clues to America's past, and to a world all but vanished."

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Mount Desert Island: Shaped by Nature - Postscript: More Moving Buildings

"Clover Cottage was laboriously and lovingly restored and improved in the first decade of the 21st century and remains one of the very attractive…"

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Maine's Swedish Colony, July 23, 1870 - Architecture

"… was vacant for several years, and eventually restored in 1998 for use as The Eureka Hall Restaurant, which was still operating as of 2006."

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Maine's Swedish Colony, July 23, 1870 - Stockholm, Maine

"… for many years, until in 1998 the building was restored and turned into The Eureka Hall Restaurant."

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Thomaston: The Town that Went to Sea - Henry Knox: The Old Church on the Hill

"Their intention was to restore the church and make it part of a museum campus. Unfortunately they were never able to finance their plans, and the…"

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Historic Hallowell - Train Wreck Of 1937

"… Wreck, Hallowell, 1937Hubbard Free Library They restored the library up so it looks like it does today. The good thing is that no one was injured."

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Bath's Historic Downtown - The Railroad Station

"In 2007 the building was restored and reopened as the Maine Eastern Railroad Station. Train Ferry Hercules, Bath, ca."

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Presque Isle: The Star City - Harvesting Potatoes - Page 11 of 13

"Harvesting Potatoes RESTORED POTATO BARREL TRUCKS International Truck with Barrel Grapple, Littleton, 1945Southern Aroostook Agricultural…"

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Presque Isle: The Star City - Arthur R. Gould

"In 1905, while searching for lumber, he found a holding ground for lumber up on the Aroostook River towards Washburn. He had the idea of building a…"

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Historic Hallowell - Central Maine Power

"Their hard work and time restored Maine’s power in an area of such destruction, that there were those who said it appeared as though a hurricane had…"

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Bath's Historic Downtown - History Overview

"… major player in encouraging the preservation and restoration of the 19th-century downtown. SPI has played a major role in establishing two…"

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Guilford, Maine - MANUFACTURING - Page 2 of 2

"It never had to be restored because it's been a mill since it was made. They have had to do some repairs but not big ones."

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Bath's Historic Downtown - Entertainment- Alameda and Opera House

"… that the theatre was closed because the piano was floating. The Bath Opera House yet again had to restore its theatre within the next year."

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Historic Hallowell - Row House

"In 1970, the restored structure was added to the National Register of Historic Places. Row House, Second Street, Hallowell, ca."

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Historic Hallowell - Hurricanes Of 1954 - Stories and Timelines

"… and repair crews worked throughout the night restoring services. Tuesday’s wind storm was the worst since September 1938, A similar hurricane burst…"

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Lincoln, Maine - That Pioneer Spirit

"… as an opportunity to help grow his business and restore a vital part of downtown Lincoln. In January of 2002, Lincoln once again experienced fire’s…"

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Historic Hallowell - Ice Storm Day 2

"… crews and other cleaning crews about trying to restore the damage and clean up the mess that had taken place during day two."

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Historic Hallowell - Ice Storm Works Cited Page

"Crowell, Alan. “CMP struggles to restore power.” Kennebec Journal, 8 Jan. 1998, sec. pg: 1. Dawson, Judy. Personal interview. n.d. Edwards, Keith."

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Historic Hallowell - Police and Fire Citations

"Sumner A. Webber. Web. "Hallowell Raises Funds to Restore Historic Fire Truck."  The Kennebec Journal [augusta] 31 Oct. 1990."

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Life on a Tidal River - Bangor During the 1940s

"… the downtown area continue, but it will never be restored to its former glory. Students at the James F."

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Lincoln, Maine - Civil War

"… volunteers who wanted to fight for the North and restore everything back to normal. The people who were drafted might not have felt so strongly…"

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Friends of Wood Island Light

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Seashore Trolley Museum

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Camden-Rockport Historical Society

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