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Western Maine Foothills Region - Mexico - Page 1 of 3

"… the Backingdom Road went across the Thad White Bridge, past York Hill, and on to Poplar Hill. There was a county road that went from Dixfield up to…"

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."

Surry by the Bay - Early Twentieth Century

"When the Waldo-Hancock Bridge opened in 1931, this marvel of engineering provided a much easier mode of transportation at a time when more and more…"

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

"It was so light when we got [to] the tin bridge that we didn't need head lights and when struck there the flames looked miles high in front of us and…"

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 - "Main Streets" of North Yarmouth and Cumberland

"… New Gloucester Road at Walnut Hill to the lower bridge on the Presumpscot River in Falmouth; this was the beginning of planning for present day…"

Farmington: Franklin County's Shiretown - Brief History

"2 & 4 bridge to imagine it strong enough to move mammoth chunks of ice and snow during the spring flood season."

Presque Isle: The Star City - Arthur R. Gould

"… money and encouragement to replace the wooden bridge originally built across the Presque Isle Stream on State Street by Presque Isle founder…"

Mantor Library, University of Maine Farmington

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