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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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Life on a Tidal River - The Bangor Fire of 1911 - Page 1 of 2

"… on Penobscot Street fell on him while he was fighting a fire there. The second fatality was John Scribner, a 70 year old cobbler, who was killed at…"

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Historic Hallowell - Hallowell Fire Department Technology

"For the past 300 years different types of fire fighting technology have come through the fire department."

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Historic Hallowell - Protect and Serve - Hallowell Fire and Police

"In 1898 the Fire Department moved from its location on Winthrop Street to the old Town Hall building on Second Street where it exists today, making…"

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Historic Hallowell - Volunteer Firefighters and their Fire Clothes

"For pants, they wear tan overalls when fighting fires. Fire Department Ladder Wagon, Second Street, Hallowell, 1913Hubbard Free Library…"

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Scarborough: They Called It Owascoag - Scarbrough Middle School

"Its philosophy is based on the "school-within-a-school" concept. There are five "teams" and a student stays on the same team for all three years of…"

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Life on a Tidal River - Bangor Man Rats Out Brady Gang - Page 1 of 2

"G-men captured Dalhover without a fight. He was taken to Bangor City Hall. Gang leader Brady's burial, Bangor, 1937Bangor Historical Society…"

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Life on a Tidal River - Four Important Women of Bangor

"In 1910 Mary investigated a fire in a New Jersey factory that killed 25 women. She wrote an article about the fire after her investigation into the…"

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Life on a Tidal River - Narrative

"… among lumbermen threatened to break out in fighting. By the late 1830s, war seemed imminent. Bangor served as the terminus for fighters should war…"

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Historic Hallowell - The Tiger and the Lion

"It is a hand tub, a type of fire fighting engine with a stitched together, leather hose. Fire Department, Hallowell, 1843Hubbard Free Library…"

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Guilford, Maine - EVENTS - Page 1 of 3

"This was a very hard fire to fight. In the end the fire department lost 2,000 feet of hose and much more in expensive equipment."

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

"… heater were uncomfortably warm and had trouble fighting off drowsiness. The corners and front of the room were so cold students had to wear…"

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Historic Hallowell - Cascade Hand Tub

"It was a real innovation and helped fight fires considerably, even though fires were few and far between because houses were made of heavy cut wood…"

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New Portland: Bridging the Past to the Future - New Portland: Bridging the Past to the Future

"New Portland always supported the war and the troops. With the men away fighting, women would take over work in the mills and raise the children…"

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Guilford, Maine - Veterans Tributes - Page 1 of 2

"For this and 10 days of vicious hand to hand fighting from February 19th to the 28th of 1945 his unit was awarded the Presidential Unit Citation."

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

"… of this town were called from their beds to fight one of the most stubborn fires that had ever been known here and which threatened to wipe out the…"

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Farmington: Franklin County's Shiretown - Brief History

"Lewiston and Portland quickly sent fire-fighting equipment on freight trains, which proved the salvation of the community."

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Surry by the Bay - Early Twentieth Century

"Fires First fire truck, Surry, 1947Surry Historical Society Surry has experienced many bad fires, including a disastrous forest fire in 1822…"

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Scarborough: They Called It Owascoag - Transportation Through the Years - Page 3 of 4

"Fire destroyed the hangar in the late 1940s and no trace of the airport remains today. Portland Flying Service, Scarborough, ca."

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Scarborough: They Called It Owascoag - People Who Called Scarborough Home - Page 4 of 4

"… canteen unit that accompanied firemen on major fires. Somehow, Dr. Haigis also found time to play occasionally with the Don Doane Band, a local…"

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Scarborough: They Called It Owascoag - Transportation Through the Years - Page 4 of 4

"1949Scarborough Historical Society & Museum Fire Trucks From 1931 to the mid-1950s, Scarborough was home to D.E."

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

"… the exposed workers abandoned their effort under fire from the men in the garrison. Despite continued skirmishes with the Indians, the second…"

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Scarborough: They Called It Owascoag - A Look Inside the Classroom Over Time - Page 1 of 4

"This school master taught alternately ¼ of the time at Black Point and then at Dunstan. In 1735 the town hired another school master, Robert Bailey."

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

"… no backpacks and no homework, and we kept all our school books at school.” Throughout the next fifty years, homework cycled in and out of fashion…"