Maine Memory Network

Guilford, Maine - BUSINESSES - Page 3 of 3

"The part of the railroad that ran along Water Street was removed when the road was widened. Other parts of the railroad have been covered up by…"

Scarborough: They Called It Owascoag - A Look Inside the Classroom Over Time - Page 3 of 4

"… because the ink consisted of only ink powder and water mixed together, while in the country, it was made of lampblack or tannic acid from oak trees…"

Surry by the Bay - Nineteenth Century

"… hills and steams/The streams that furnished water power/Before days we knew of steam. But the mills that once run buzzing saws/Have now gone to…"

Western Maine Foothills Region - For The Love Of Paper - Page 4 of 4

"… was that Ethyl had to complete the waste water treatment in accordance with federal laws or allow funding for its completion."

Rum, Riot, and Reform - A Call to Temperance

"… Metta Victoria Fuller, 1853 X Rum, Fire Water published in Ahiamihewintuhangan: The Prayer Song, 1858 Collections of Maine Historical…"

Rum, Riot, and Reform - Drinking: Elegance and Debauchery

"… Meetinghouse, was a stagecoach depot and popular watering place for the likes of critic John Neal and artist Charles Codman."

Cumberland & North Yarmouth - "Main Streets" of North Yarmouth and Cumberland

"Here, water flowed slowly in a southerly direction and the area was very wet. The road gradually rose towards Walnut Hill, following the swell of…"

Farmington: Franklin County's Shiretown - Education

"… paying a teacher, in addition to providing wood, water, and crude furniture. And the sums of money allocated to each district school appeared to…"

Bath's Historic Downtown - Intersection of Centre and Washington

"1914Patten Free Library Vine & Water Streets, Bath, 1986Patten Free Library As Bath evolved, the intersection at Centre and Washington changed."

Lincoln, Maine - MacGregor's Spool Mill

"Water and more help is coming, but I do not think it will be enough. I must leave and hurry, for I, too, am to help stifle the blaze."

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

"… will be some three or four feet above the highest water mark. Dec. 8, 1870: Saturday night our citizens were greeted with the whistle of the first…"

Life on a Tidal River - Narrative

"… forests spread over the landscape; smaller water sources provided sites for future mills. The Penobscot River itself provided a smooth and reliable…"

Eastern Maine Medical Center

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Skowhegan Community History - A Brief History of the Skowhegan Area

"… peas and other staples were cracked open and the water caused much of the food to spoil. They had to repair the leaky bateaux and continue on to…"

Farmington: Franklin County's Shiretown - Agriculture

"… Rich soil and the Sandy River, a source of water, travel and power lured settlers to the region on the heels of the Revolutionary War."

Bangor Public Library

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Mantor Library, University of Maine Farmington

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