Maine Memory Network

Presque Isle: The Star City - Bangor and Aroostook Train Station, Presque Isle, ca. 1908

"Stove in middle of room has coal scuttle next to it. Large desk on right is high, requiring clerk to stand or use a very high chair."

Strong, a Mussul Unsquit village - The Railroad

"Coal was also hauled into Franklin County by train. The depot in Strong was located on the street that we call Norton Hill today."

Bath's Historic Downtown - History Overview

"… steady market for wooden schooners in the ice and coal trade. Indeed, the building of schooners carried Bath through the nationwide depression and…"

Scarborough: They Called It Owascoag - Maritime Tales: Shipyards and Shipwrecks - Page 2 of 2

"… en route from Norfolk to Portland with a cargo of coal. Encountering dense fog off Wood Island, Captain Lermond anchored off the eastern end of…"

Lincoln, Maine - Railroads

"… transported mail in and out of town, and the station doubled as a telegraph station.   George King Interview on Railroads The train was used to…"

Scarborough: They Called It Owascoag - Maritime Tales: Shipyards and Shipwrecks - Page 1 of 2

"… which sank fifty miles offshore with a cargo of coal. Some ships were built elsewhere, but launched at Dunstan Landing."

Scarborough: They Called It Owascoag - A Look Inside the Classroom Over Time - Page 2 of 4

"… to arrive at school early, bring in the wood or coal and keep the fire going throughout the day. In 1938 an eight grader named Harold "Scoot"…"

Scarborough: They Called It Owascoag - A Look Inside the Classroom Over Time - Page 4 of 4

"… Classroom Over Time Flags Jess, grade 7 Coal Kiln School, Scarborough, ca. 1900Scarborough Historical Society & Museum Generally, the…"

Lubec, Maine - The Lighthouse at West Quoddy Head

"… a brick utility shed, originally storing heating coal. Steam powered the 19th Century, and eventually fog signals at lighthouses."

Cumberland & North Yarmouth - Population Decline in Maine's Coastal Counties

"Maine did not have the coal and iron needed to produce the steel for the ships and engines, and Bath emerged as the only Maine shipbuilding center to…"

Swan's Island: Six miles east of ordinary - III. Boom, bustle, bust: The Steamboat Years to WWII

"The nation turned to coal, iron, and oil. Maine’s decreased role in the national trend toward industrial growth would later become an attraction when…"

Presque Isle: The Star City - Aroostook Valley Railroad

"He felt that coal would be too expensive and thought an electric railroad was the way to go. He approached the group that controlled the Aroostook…"

Lubec, Maine - Lubec History

"Incoming cargo included coal and flour from Boston, as well as sugar, molasses, rum, guano, coffee, fruit and spices from the West Indies."

Presque Isle: The Star City - Arthur R. Gould

"He felt that coal would be too expensive and thought an electric railroad was the way to go. He approached the group that controlled the Aroostook…"

Eastern Maine Medical Center

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Mantor Library, University of Maine Farmington

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