Maine Memory Network

Bath's Historic Downtown - The Railroad Station

"The Carlton Bridge continued to carry train traffic. Today, that train traffic includes summer tourists who ride the Maine Eastern trains from…"

Historic Hallowell - “Maine’s Century” Ends

"… motor vehicles replaced Kennebec River steamboat traffic just as the granite industry gave way to concrete and steel."

Presque Isle: The Star City - Bangor and Aroostook Railroad

"Potato traffic hit an all-time high in 1930. The railroad hauled 899,300 tons of potatoes. Passenger service was discontinued in 1961 because of…"

Lincoln, Maine - Jonathan Clay Jr.

"and they have to use big machines with traffic coming in every direction. When you’re in war, you have to move around a lot and try not to get hurt…"

Mount Desert Island: Shaped by Nature - Economic History of Main Street, Northeast Harbor - Page 2 of 3

"… streets could no longer adequately handle the traffic. Over the years, there were various proposals backed by the Village Improvement Society to…"

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

"… the 16th North Lubec Road was opened to horse traffic. The following week’s edition of the newspaper on January 25 reported that the town had…"

Islesboro--An Island in Penobscot Bay - Water Transportation

"… that the Brann was too small to handle all the traffic to and from the mainland, the boat was taken out of service so that twenty-seven feet could…"

Rum, Riot, and Reform - Temperance Membership

"… will be the expulsion from all the states of the traffic in intoxicating liquors to be used as a drink, we hope that the State of Maine will have…"

Rum, Riot, and Reform - 1820 to 1865: Temperance and the Maine Law

"… Law never succeeded in destroying the liquor traffic or public thirst. Dow's own reputation was severely threatened in 1855 when he ordered the…"

Rum, Riot, and Reform - 1865 to 1919: The Drys Gain New Adherents and Leaders

"… heart-breaking curse of the liquor traffic." If it was the Ohio-based Anti-Saloon League, founded in 1893, that eventually tipped the nation's…"

Music in Maine - Music Education

"… the camp asked Maine State Police to assist with traffic on “Damrosch Day” in 1932 when 4,000 people attended."

Bath's Historic Downtown - Intersection of Centre and Washington

"… built, Centre Street became busier, and the first traffic light to be installed in Bath in 1938 was put at this intersection, according to a…"

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

"… built and now the old road is closed to public traffic and the area is privately owned. The West Village area has had a long and interesting…"

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

"… when bridges are built which alter the flow of traffic. However, it is not often that building a bridge changes the area and boundaries of a town."

Rum, Riot, and Reform - Women Leaders and Temperance

"… heart-breaking curse o the liquor traffic." - L.M.N. Stevens, 1913. Home of Mrs. Lillian M.W. Stevens, Portland, ca."

Rum, Riot, and Reform - Bootleggers vs. Police

"… 16, 1934 Even after Repeal the illegal liquor traffic continued to thrive. X Overturned automobile Collections of Maine Historical…"

Rum, Riot, and Reform - Neal Dow

""The liquor traffic is a grater curse to the nation and a greater source of misery, wretchedness and pain to the people than are all other sources of…"

Bath's Historic Downtown - History Overview

"… and World War II: 1930-1950 As automobile traffic steadily increased after WWI, Bath experienced a number of highway modifications that would have…"

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

"Clearing ship traffic required a six percent grade reaching 48 feet above high tide at the point of greatest elevation."

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

"On June 20, 1842 the bridge was opened to traffic, the cost was $2,200. This was 108 years ago. This bridge is a little off the main highway but many…"

Highlighting Historical Hampden - Riverside Park

"… with the Penobscot River and its passing boat traffic serving as a breathtaking backdrop. The theater had a pitched roof, beamed ceiling, and…"

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

"… in sailing vessels and estimates of passenger traffic. Although they made a good case their request was denied due to the lack of a wharf that…"

Swan's Island: Six miles east of ordinary - III. Boom, bustle, bust: The Steamboat Years to WWII

"… second largest form of employment and source of traffic in island harbors. During the busy years, the increase in workers had a visible result on…"

Lubec, Maine - Timeline

"… mph winds 1873 – 1874 • Due to increasing ship traffic Quoddy Head Lifesaving Station constructed at Carrying Place Cove – 1.5 miles west of West…"