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Western Maine Foothills Region - Building Boom and Piers above the Falls

"Some of the deteriorating piers can still be seen the Androscoggin river, above the High Bridge, in the Virginia Area of Rumford."

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Friendship Museum

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Lubec, Maine - Building the Roosevelt Bridge to Campobello - Page 2 of 3

"1961 Lubec Historical Society Pier placement for bridge, Lubec, ca. 1961 Lubec Historical Society Two additional photographs came to light…"

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Lincoln, Maine - High Street Bridge, Lincoln, ca. 1903

"Note the stone piers. This was built after the wooden bridge washed out by a Spring flood in 1902. The large white building on the right is the…"

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Portland Press Herald Glass Negative Collection - Wiscasset's Arctic Connection

"… Schooner Bowdoin, backing off the pier, Wiscasset, 1926 View the Wiscasset's Arctic Connection Slide Show Text by Cindy Dykes Images from…"

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Lubec, Maine - Building the Roosevelt Bridge to Campobello - Page 1 of 3

"With approaches completed, temporary trestlework into the channel led to dredging and fabrication of the unusual piers."

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Portland Press Herald Glass Negative Collection - 1925 National Governors' Association Convention

"… and their staff were welcomed at the Maine State Pier in Portland with “Guns, Whistles, and Trumpets”. The guns were fired from Ft."

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

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

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Maine Maritime Museum

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Scarborough: They Called It Owascoag - Catch of the Day: Clamming and Lobstering - Page 4 of 4

"… Bluff Islands would often go toward Old Orchard Pier. However, they would not fish any of the islands found at the Saco River entrance, for these…"

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Strong, a Mussul Unsquit village - The Bridge That Changed The Map

"… to evenly distribute the load on mortared rubble piers extending from the roadbed grade down to the foundation set in the riverbanks."

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Presque Isle: The Star City - Aroostook Valley Railroad

"Although the steel has been removed, the concrete piers are still visible today from Riverside Drive between State and Main Streets."

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

"… feet spans, each of which will rest on a double pier of oak piles. It is estimated that it will take two months to complete the structure."