Maine Memory Network

Lincoln, Maine - Cars, Model T

"Cars and trucks are made differently. Cars and trucks are made more professionally, and they can be very luxurious."

John Martin: Expert Observer - First electric railroad car in Bangor, 1889

"First electric railroad car in Bangor, 1889 Contributed by Maine Historical Society and Maine State Museum Description The first electric…"

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

"… in our town is the constant stir up by the horse cars. For the past months we have had the full benefit of the tearing down of brick and plastering…"

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

"However she observed the ceremony from a car. Mrs. Roosevelt died less than three months later on November 7."

Islesboro--An Island in Penobscot Bay - Historical Overview

"(Lee) McCorison. It fit four passenger cars and crossed the bay in a half hour. The scow transported the first locally owned car to leave the island…"

Islesboro--An Island in Penobscot Bay - Water Transportation

"It could carry four passenger cars. Governor Brann Ferry, aerial view, ca. 1950Islesboro Historical Society The first public ferry boat, the…"

Lubec, Maine - Parade, Pins and Pageantry, 1911

"… at Church and Main, and appears to be a float and car posed for the parade Centennial Celebration float, Lubec, 1911 Lubec Historical Society…"

Islesboro--An Island in Penobscot Bay - Summer Resorts

"Whether travelling by foot, bike, boat or car to a function or a solitary beach, the gift of being on the island in the summer is as precious as the…"

Presque Isle: The Star City - Carroll's Auto Sales - Page 3 of 3

"Another old car that’s not in business today is the Citroen. The Citroen was the first foreign made car to be sold in Aroostook County."

Presque Isle: The Star City - Carroll's Auto Sales - Page 1 of 3

"… working for the dairy farm, I worked cleaning cars and as a grease monkey. Also at night I would go down to Carroll’s and under-coat cars to keep…"

Historic Hallowell - Ice Storm Interviews - Page 1 of 2

"When I asked him about what kind of damage was done to the car he said “the damage done to the cars included Ice build up and broken windshields”."

Scarborough: They Called It Owascoag - Transportation Through the Years - Page 2 of 4

"Some time after Portland became electrified in the 1880s, the horse cars were converted to electrics or “trolleys.” By the early 1900s, electricity…"

Lincoln, Maine - Gateway Motors

"Gateway Motors repaired cars for people. It helped our town in many ways. Works Cited Fellows, Dana. "Buck Motors." History of the Town of Lincoln."

Lincoln, Maine - W.A. Brown: Jack of all trades

"… to my life today because we have at least four car dealerships in Lincoln and without the first car dealership we might not have a dealer at all."

Bath's Historic Downtown - The Railroad Station

"In that same year, ferries began carrying train cars across the Kennebec River to the Knox and Lincoln railroad line that ran from Woolwich to…"

Historic Hallowell - Train Wreck Of 1937

"The total numbers of cars that went off the rails were three. One rolled in to Mr. Frank Moore’s home next to the library and caused very little…"

Historic Hallowell - Train Wreck Poem

"… named Kevin All at once with a groan Three train cars jumped alone Two cars stayed nearby The third however wanted to fly Into the library with a…"

Farmington: Franklin County's Shiretown - Lowell's General Store, Commerce, & the Railroad

"It is written that in the early 1890’s, “one car Royal Gem, one car Taylor’s Fancy Patent, just received direct form the mills and to be sold very…"

Bath's Historic Downtown - History Overview

"Then, to accommodate the large number of cars heading down-east via the Carlton Bridge, a new route for U.S."

Life on a Tidal River - Cohen Students

"… the Brady Gang, Bangor in the 1930's, and antique cars. Many of these volunteers came into the classroom each quarter so that all students would…"

Life on a Tidal River - The Great Bangor Floods: 1902 and 1976

"… rose so quickly that people were trapped in their cars, and many cars were ruined. Damages to personal property cost over two million dollars."

Swan's Island: Six miles east of ordinary - IV. Transitions and troubles: Private enterprise shoulders an island’s needs

""Sunbeam" as a car ferry, Swan's Island, ca. 1960Swan's Island Historical Society The Seawind, run by Fred Thomas and George Stanley, departed…"

Presque Isle: The Star City - Moving to Maine: There to Here - Page 2 of 3

"My mother was twenty-one when she first drove a car, about a year after she had my older sister in the United States."

Lincoln, Maine - Ferries

"… holds much more weight, such as big trucks and car carriers, woods equipment, cars, trucks, etc. Ferry Transportation Diorama by Walter Cote X…"