Maine Memory Network

Portland Press Herald Glass Negative Collection - Aviation

"The hard-packed sand surface provided a landing strip and runway for the post war craze of flying. It was also an ideal landing spot for long…"

Swan's Island: Six miles east of ordinary - Summer Pleasures

"Four friends at Fine Sand Beach, Swan's Island, ca. 1920Swan's Island Historical Society Young and old loved to spend time at the beach."

Swan's Island: Six miles east of ordinary - Welcome to Swan's Island!

"… and turns of these island lives, and find out for yourself which stories are 'history' and which live on! Fine Sand beach, Swan's Island X"

Scarborough: They Called It Owascoag - Roads: From Footpaths to Super Highway

"The highway continued on to the ferry at Ferry Beach; and from the ferry landing at Pine Point, the traveler would proceed on the beach to Old…"

Great Cranberry Island Historical Society

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

"The contractor found one end of the beach was sand, uniformly graded to small stone to larger stone to very large stone on the other end."