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Still Image		Portland, Maine. The Union Station Fogler Special Collections, Still Image Postcard, "Portland, Maine. The Union Station." View of a railroad station with many automobiles parked in front of it. Shows the way to types of transportation overlapped, as people drove to the railway station in order to take or meet trains. (Relevance: 750) Find Similar Resources	Automobiles Railroad stations Railroads Railroads Transportation

Still Image		B. & A. R. R. Series. State Line Tunnel Fogler Special Collections, Still Image Postcard, "B. & A. R. R. Series. State Line Tunnel." View of a train emerging from a tunnel on the Bangor and Aroostook Railroad line. (Relevance: 731) Find Similar Resources	Railroads Railroads Transportation Tunnels

Text		An Act to Incorporate the Castine and Ellsworth Railroad Company Fogler Special Collections, Text An Act to Incorporate the Castine and Ellsworth Railroad Company. A pamplet reprinting the legislative act incorporating the Castine and Ellsworth Railroad Company. (Relevance: 723) Find Similar Resources	Railroads Railroads Transportation

Text		Two petitions regarding the construction of a dam across the Kennebec River Maine State Archives, Text Two petitions giving reasons for and against the proposed dam across the Kennebec River. (Relevance: 720) Find Similar Resources	Dams Dams Environment: Fur trade, survival, industrial development, forest, conservation Kennebec River Ecology/Energy Fishing/Fisherman Industry Lumbering Rivers Shipping/Shipbuilding

Moving Image		Winter MPBN: Quest Series, Moving Image, 0:56:43 For those plants and animals that don't migrate south for winter, a lot of preparation goes into getting ready for winter. When it comes to dealing with winter, plants and animals know things we humans don't. (Relevance: 696) Find Similar Resources	Winter -- New England Ecology/Energy Seasons -- New England Natural history -- New England

Text		Letter from Walter Creegan to Fannie Hardy Eckstorm Fogler Special Collections, Text First two pages of a letter from Walter Creegan to Fannie Hardy Eckstorm, relating to characters he knew and his experiences building railroads in the Maine woods. (Relevance: 675) Find Similar Resources	Quality of work life Railroads Railroads Railroads design and construction

Text		History of Penobscot Indians Fogler Special Collections, Text Account of the "History of Penobscot Indians" by Florence Nicola Shay (Relevance: 658) Find Similar Resources	Native Americans -- History Penobscot Indian Nation Penobscot Tribe

Moving Image		Spring MPBN: Quest Series, Moving Image, 00:58:03 Because spring comes so late to northern New England, things have to happen quickly and profusely. Spring is the time of year that wildlife and plants come to life again and get right to the business of creating new life. (Relevance: 655) Find Similar Resources	Spring -- New England Seasons -- New England Natural history -- New England Ecology/Energy

Moving Image		A Love for the Land MPBN: Home Series, Moving Image, 0:25:36 The legacy of Maine's farmers is the open farmland they shaped from the wooded rocky terrain. Their story is an inspiring tale of hardship, innovation, and remarkable endurance. As agriculture heads into the next century, "HOME" looks back at the last century of farming in Maine. (Relevance: 653) Find Similar Resources	Agricultural resources -- Maine Natural resources -- Maine Maine -- Social life and customs Maine -- History Agriculture -- Maine Farming/Agriculture Farm life-- History

Still Image		Marine boiler, Portland Company, ca. 1900 Maine Historical Society, Still Image This Scotch-type marine boiler has just crossed the grand Trunk Railroad main line as it travels on a dolly and rails from the Portland Company boiler shop to the company pier. The Portland Company maintained a right-of-way across the railroad's tracks to move equipment, materials, and employees to its pier, where the customers' vessels were equipped or repaired. - Fletcher, David H. ' The Portland Company 1846-1982.' Charleston, S.C. : Arcadia Pub., 2002. 73. (Relevance: 651) Find Similar Resources	Boatbuilding Boilers Grand Trunk Railroad Iron and steel industries -- Maine -- Portland Manufacturing industries -- Maine -- Portland Metalworking industries -- Maine -- Portland Portland Company Railroad tracks -- Maine -- Portland Shipbuilding Shipfitting

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