Maine Memory Network

Lubec, Maine - The Lighthouse at West Quoddy Head

"Emergency Generators X The old boiler building now houses emergency automatic-start generators and telemetry equipment."

Lubec, Maine - McCurdy Herring Smokehouse - Page 2 of 4

"A folk vocabulary of the industry emerges. The building was divided up into “houses,” generally three of them, and further, into “bays” with “rails”…"

Lubec, Maine - Canning Sardines in Lubec: Technology, the Syndicate and Labor

"66-81). What finally emerged in 1903 was an entity called “Seacoast Canning.” However, it already had serious competition."

Strong, a Mussul Unsquit village - Strong's History - Page 1 of 4

"Dr. Bell was making one of his famous emergency calls, and he and the driver had to keep their feet on the dashboard to avoid the water that seeped…"

Mercy Hospital - 100 Years of Mercy Hospital

"This emergency, along with limited proper hospital facilities in the Portland area, prompted Bishop Walsh to enlist the help of the Sisters of Mercy."

Mercy Hospital - Growth & Expansion - Page 1 of 2

"The new addition included an Emergency Department (what today would be called an Emergency Room), although it would not be open on a 24-hour basis…"

Historic Clothing Collection - Outerwear 1900-1930

"… from western, fitted, tailored dress—that emerged after Sergei Diagilev's Asian-inspired costumed Ballets Russes burst on the Paris scene in 1909…"

Historic Hallowell - Ice Storm Summary Notes

"… was without power Maine went into a “state of emergency”. Branches iced over, trees fell down, it sounded like gun shots, it was a vicious noise…"

Mercy Hospital - Growth & Expansion - Page 2 of 2

"… also referred 12,000 outpatients, treated 7,000 Emergency Room visits, and over 4,000 clinic visits. Staff performed over 4,000 surgical procedures."

Mercy Hospital - Founding of Mercy

"The ensuing health emergency quickly overwhelmed the city’s limited hospital capacity. Right Reverend Bishop Louis Sebastian Walsh asked the Sisters…"

Mercy Hospital - Mercy & the Community

"Nurse Corps with recruitment. In 1947, an emergency struck closer to home. Known as the Great Fires of 1947, a series of blazes from York County to…"

Lincoln, Maine - Telegraphs & Telephones

"And, if there was an emergency, like a fire, you couldn’t call the fire department. Before telephones came to Lincoln many people wrote letters to…"

Eastern Maine Medical Center

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Skowhegan Community History - A Brief History of the Skowhegan Area

"The major industries emerging by the close of the 19th century were shoes, paper and wool. Manufacturing remained the base of economic growth in…"

Colby College Special Collections

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Blue Hill, Maine - Educating Blue Hill

"But as time progressed, more districts began to emerge and by 1850 there were twenty-one districts with twenty-one schools."