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Bath's Historic Downtown - The Customs House

"On the map, the buildings on the property were an engine house and two other houses that were owned by J."

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Bath's Historic Downtown - The Sagadahock House and The Sagadahoc Block

"Hall went back to New Meadows and talked the engineer, Mr. A. B. Burditt, who was also a diver, and had him put the suit on."

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Farmington: Franklin County's Shiretown - Meeting House Park

"It was believed that a spark from the railroad engine alighted in a shed on the Pleasant Street side of Meeting House Park."

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Architecture & Landscape database - Plans for the Dwelling House Jos. Briggs, Winthrop, 1884

"Plans for the Dwelling House Jos. Briggs, Winthrop, 1884 Contributed by Maine Historical Society Description Architecture commission for…"

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Home: The Wadsworth-Longfellow House and Portland - The Longfellow Era: 1807-1901

"As a civil engineer for the United States Coast Survey, he charted the shoreline and harbors of New England."

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

"The Callahan boat operator slacked off the engine and a worker threw a rope, which became entangled in the outboard engine of the flat bottom boat…"

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Scarborough: They Called It Owascoag - Maritime Tales: Shipyards and Shipwrecks - Page 1 of 2

"The engine was usually a gasoline car engine. A belt ran from the engine pulley to a hauling winch; and as long as the engine was running, the winch…"

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Architecture & Landscape database - Eaton W. Tarbell

"from Harvard in 1941, Tarbell worked for engineering firms in Boston and Bangor before opening his office in Bangor in 1944."

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Architecture & Landscape database - George Coombs

"Stevens to establish the partnership of Stevens and Coombs. Between 1875 and 1880 the two men received seventy-five commissions for houses, churches…"

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Scarborough: They Called It Owascoag - Catch of the Day: Clamming and Lobstering - Page 3 of 4

"Use of gasoline or diesel engines enabled lobstermen to fish further along the coast or offshore or finish hauling early enough to undertake a second…"

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

"The second fire was April 28, 1919, 18 houses and a school house burned, there was about a $30,000 loss, partly recovered by insurance."

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

"For many years, Central Elementary school housed New Portland students from grades K-8. When Maine district 74 constructed Carrabec Community School…"

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

"He built the first framed house in town now owned by Richard and Lisa Emery. The house has been remodeled but still contains the original timbers."

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

"Another item related to sawmills is that of ice houses which provided a home for the large blocks of ice needed to keep food cold in the days before…"

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

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

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

"Later a school house was built. John Elliot had built a tavern in 1807, it had a bar and liquor was sold for 3 cents a glass."

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

"Larger fiberglass boats; more powerful diesel engines; and modern equipment, such as hydraulic pot haulers, GPS, radar, etc., enable the lobster…"

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Scarborough: They Called It Owascoag - Maritime Tales: Shipyards and Shipwrecks - Page 2 of 2

"On this day, 21 July 1951, the Cappy’s engine stopped and would not start. Harold went up on the bow and threw his newly purchased anchor overboard."

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

"The highway has been designated a national civil engineering landmark. Looking for Educator Resources for this exhibit? Source Notes 1. William S."

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Lubec, Maine - The Lighthouse at West Quoddy Head

"… By July, 1808 the timber tower and a keeper’s house were complete though the exact date of first illumination is lost to history."

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Lubec, Maine - Lubec's 1911 Centennial Celebration - Page 1 of 2

"The prominent Mowry house seen here was moved away from Lubec during the latter half of the 20th Century."

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

"Pike’s photograph shows the housing for the pump, the flexible hose that extended down into the hold of the sardine carrier, and the exterior part of…"

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Lubec, Maine - Lubec's 1911 Centennial Celebration - Page 2 of 2

"… 1911 Centennial Celebration Centennial house decoration, Lubec, 1911 Lubec Historical Society Residents of more modest dwellings also…"

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

"The building was divided up into “houses,” generally three of them, and further, into “bays” with “rails” in them."