Maine Memory Network

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

"Wire Bridge: Wire BridgeNew Portland Historical Society The wire bridge is located in the West Village on the Wire Bridge Road, in a quiet…"

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

"The Wire Bridge is a physical landmark, but the real appeal of this town is the people, past and present, that define the spirit of this rural Maine…"

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

"There are four bridges in the West Village, the Wire Bridge, the Grist Mill Bridge, Gould Hill Bridge and the Tannery Bridge."

Historic Hallowell - Kennebec Wire Company

"They used wires from different wire mills to connect wires to houses and bring electricity. The electricity had a major impact in daily life in…"

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

"… successful bridge builder, designed a newfangled wire suspension bridge to withstand the Sandy River’s seasonal tantrums, and proposed a…"

Lubec, Maine - Klondike: Lubec's Gold from Sea Water Hoax

"… top-secret operation was the high wood and barbed wire fence with its “No Admittance” signs that surrounded the facility."

Lubec, Maine - Canning Sardines in Lubec: Technology, the Syndicate and Labor

"… pickling, then, laying the herring on “flakes,” wire frames to hold them while cooking for a short time."

Historic Hallowell - The Vaughan Stream & Sawmills

"1930 Arch Bridge built from Wire Mill Dam on Vaughan Stream.Courtesy of Sumner A. Webber, Sr., an individual partner Josh Crockett, Cole Leighton &…"

Historic Hallowell - Early Industry and Bombahook

"… several mills including a sandpaper factory and wire mill that harnessed the power of water and gravity so critical to America's development."

Presque Isle: The Star City - Aroostook Valley Railroad

"Stretching The Trolley Wire LivePresque Isle Historical Society Gould sold his controlling interest to the Canadian Pacific for $225 per share in…"

Guilford, Maine - Modern History: 1966 to Present

"… sidewalks, street trees, and removal of overhead wiring. Meanwhile, the library trustees turned the property over to the town thus creating another…"

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

"Falling telephone and electrical wires hampered his rescue, and Scribner died at the scene. State Street ruins, Bangor, 1911Bangor Public…"