Maine Memory Network

New Portland: Bridging the Past to the Future - Bridges of North New Portland

"The Concrete Bridge replaced the old bridge. Bridge in the North VillageNew Portland Historical Society Cement Bridge: The Cement Bridge is…"

New Portland: Bridging the Past to the Future - Bridges of East New Portland

"The bridge was a five-span structure, with granite block piers and abutments supporting five timber kingpost trusses."

New Portland: Bridging the Past to the Future - Bridges of West New Portland

"Gould Hill Bridge: The Gould Hill Bridge, also known as on of the Twin Bridges, was also constructed by the Maine State Highway Commission."

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

"The North Village has had two fires that burned much of the main street twice. The first fire was November 1, 1890 (or 1891), the loss from this fire…"

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

"The Wire Bridge is a physical landmark, but the real appeal of this town is the people, past and present, that define the spirit of this rural Maine…"

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

"A detailed description of these bridges is available as a separate exhibit. About a mile from the West Village on Route 27, on the way to New…"

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

"The factory was built near the bridge crossing Gilman Stream. It opened for business in March 1900 under the direction of Thomas Johnson, an…"

New Portland: Bridging the Past to the Future - North New Portland Village Schools

"Hopkins opened a high school at the North Village. Another source states that in 1887, a course of study way started at the North Village and John S."

New Portland: Bridging the Past to the Future - West New Portland Village Schools

"… issue came to the forefront due to a fire at the North village grammar school and the state of Maine no longer accepted class C schools."

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

"… day care center were housed in their building in North New Portland.  The Grange was very helpful and agreed to allow the RLC to remodel part of…"

Cumberland & North Yarmouth - "Main Streets" of North Yarmouth and Cumberland

"Just north of the bridge is Dunn's Corner, the center of East North Yarmouth—so named because the settlement lay east of the Royal River."

Cumberland & North Yarmouth - Representative Industries of Cumberland and North Yarmouth

"Purvis south of the bridge, near Mr. Mountford's mill, but it crumbled to decay. Mr. L. H. Wilson's mill on the same stream is on the site of an old…"

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

"… concrete and steel in constructing buildings and bridges diminished the importance of granite, affecting employment in the state's granite centers."

Lubec, Maine - Timeline

"Purchases land in North Lubec 1795 • Cushing survey of North Lubec completed – lots assigned to settlers on payment of $5 1797 • Daniel Ramsdell…"

Lubec, Maine - Klondike: Lubec's Gold from Sea Water Hoax

"As a result of the expansion a telephone line, bridge over the canal and a steam launch, named The Gold Bug, were constructed."

Lubec, Maine - Lubec History

"It is the earliest map of North Lubec, known as Soward's Neck at that time. Cushing was a surveyor sent to the area from Massachusetts to lay out…"

John Martin: Expert Observer - Plan of North End of Bangor, 1844

"… of the North End as it was from the Rail Road Bridge to Nath Harlows March 11th 1844." Martin (1823-1904), an accountant, shopkeeper, and keen…"

Strong, a Mussul Unsquit village - The Porter Family

"The bridge was made of wood and lasted 11 years before being washed away. Jeremy Porter homeStrong Historical Society When gold was discovered…"

Lubec, Maine - Myron Avery, Lubec, and the Appalachian Trail

"Grammar school, North Lubec, ca. 1911 A North Lubec class photo, Myron in front row, third from left."

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

"When a bridge was built in 1828 across the Sandy River, the stagecoaches replaced those equine mail carriers."

Lubec, Maine - The Blizzard of '34 - Page 1 of 2

"… Herald also reported that by Tuesday the 16th North Lubec Road was opened to horse traffic. The following week’s edition of the newspaper on…"

Lubec, Maine - S.S. Cumberland: Steamer Brought Passengers and Prosperity to Lubec but Met Tragic End

"Bangs, a North Lubec merchant; W.B. Cottle, the proprietor of Merchants Hotel; M.M. Foster, postmaster and storekeeper; Chas."

Lubec, Maine - The Lighthouse at West Quoddy Head

"… and companion to Allan, retired in 1798 to his North Lubec farm. Ample clout, these two. Congress appropriated $5,000 in 1806, and not only for…"

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

"The North Smokehouse that was destroyed in a storm in 1995 has wood for the fires stacked up against it."