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Scarborough: They Called It Owascoag - Historical Overview - Page 2 of 4

"… and by the late 1800s five different diking companies had become involved. However, diking and development of roads and rail lines across the marsh…"

Historic Hallowell - History of The Cotton Mill

"The Cotton Mill was powered by steam engines. The steam engines were installed by Messrs, Freeman, and McClench."

Early Maine Photography - Landscape Photography - Page 1 of 3

"The original daguerreotype of Casco Engine Company No. 1 is shown here, while the images of Niagara No. 9 and the entire muster exist in later copies."

Historic Hallowell - Logging

"One last thing is that it took four men to operate this machine: an engineer, firman, steersman, and conductor. Another tool was the Peavy stick."

Stanley Museum

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Historic Hallowell - Early Industry and Bombahook

"… as well as shipwrights and cast the first steam engine used in the Cotton Mill factory. The woodworking shop milled lumber and produced cut lumber…"

Guilford, Maine - BUSINESSES - Page 3 of 3

"Engineer Green was driving a north bound train when he struck the cars waiting to be picked up. Green was caught in the debris."

Western Maine Foothills Region - Rumford - Page 1 of 4

"Mixer, resident engineer with the Rumford Falls Power Company. The culmination of Chisholm’s awareness of housing needs was the construction of…"

Life on a Tidal River - Early Railroads in Bangor - Page 1 of 2

"The Chief Engineer, Joseph W. Taney, and his crew surveyed the route and began construction. The company ran short of funds and the building ceased."

Western Maine Foothills Region - For The Love Of Paper - Page 2 of 4

"A survey of the steam power to drive the steam engines of each paper machine, dry the paper, cook the pulp, and heat the buildings found a need for a…"

Highlighting Historical Hampden - Expansion

"… halted, the ice was harvested by a Hampden company, Dirigo Ice Company, and shipped to cities in the south to help aid in refrigeration."

Farmington: Franklin County's Shiretown - People

"… Stevens 1853-1943: UMF graduate who was chief engineer of the Panama Canal Daniel Stewart 1786-1827: Joiner, cabinet maker, and furniture maker…"

Guilford, Maine - The Next Fifty Years 1916-1966

"Switcher Engine #22, Guilford, ca. 1963Guilford Historical Society In 1958, the B & A Railroad discontinued passenger service."

Lincoln, Maine - Telegraphs & Telephones

"… a message to Bangor for them to send a fire engine because the town of Lincoln was in extreme danger of being engulfed in flames."

Historic Hallowell - The Vaughan Stream & Sawmills

"… up, the factories were then powered by steam engines. As a result, the Vaughan Stream had many uses."

Mount Desert Island: Shaped by Nature - Economic History of Main Street, Northeast Harbor - Page 2 of 3

"In 1927, the society, along with the town engineer, proposed razing numerous buildings on Main Street, replacing them and widening the road."

Farmington: Franklin County's Shiretown - Meeting House Park

"It was believed that a spark from the railroad engine alighted in a shed on the Pleasant Street side of Meeting House Park."

Highlighting Historical Hampden - Riverside Park

"Landscape and civil engineer Frank Blaisdell drew up the plans for the park; he was an excellent candidate for the job, with vast experience…"

Rum, Riot, and Reform - Drinking: Elegance and Debauchery

"Casco Engine Co. No. 1, Portland, 1846Maine Historical Society Casco Fire Company, ca. 1849 Middle Street near Exchange Daguerreotype Collections of…"

Guilford, Maine - Pre-Settlement And The First 100 Years

"… was developed when Charles Taylor, a respected engineer and entrepreneur from Wellesley, Mass bought the necessary material to build a piping…"

Farmington: Franklin County's Shiretown - Railroad into the Village

"About 11 o’clock AM, an engine and a platform car loaded with sleepers (ties) came across. Quite a crowd of men, women and children collected on the…"

Lincoln, Maine - That Pioneer Spirit

"… that the village of Lincoln was on fire and an engine was wanted from this city… the whole village was in danger of burning if help was not…"

Mantor Library, University of Maine Farmington

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