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Harrie B. Coe -- Maine promotional films
Northeast Historic Film, Moving Image, 00:22:17

Footage of two films made by Harrie B. Coe for the Maine Publicity Bureau, featuring life in Maine. The first includes scenes of Rockland lime quarries, blueberry raking and canning, Eastport sardine industry, sheep ranching, Portland's water front, Cape Elizabeth Drive and ocean views, Cathedral Woods in Eustis, and the Rangeley mountain and lakes region. The second shows Water Sports Day at the Rangeley Lake Hotel.

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Court case regarding damage from flowage
Maine State Archives, Text

Court case of Small vs. Campbell and others for damges due to land flooded by construction of a dam on the Narraguages River.

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Flowage
Geography: transportation, waterways, maritime, shipbuilding, fishing
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Court case regarding obstruction of river
Maine State Archives, Text

Court case Crocker vs. Ellis et al regarding a dam across the Machias River preventing the passage of logs.

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Environment: Fur trade, survival, industrial development, forest, conservation
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The Dam and Woolen Mills, Old Town, ME
Fogler Special Collections, Still Image

Postcard with non-photographic view of "The Dam and Woolen Mills, Old Town, ME" from French Island on the Milford side of the river. This view is indicative of the importance of water power in the industrialization of Maine.

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Industrialization
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Textile factories
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Hydro Electric Power House Showing Leonard Lake and Dam. Ellsworth, Maine
Fogler Special Collections, Still Image

Postcard, "Hydro Electric Power House Showing Leonard Lake and Dam. Ellsworth, Maine." The location of this power plant indicates that it is generating electricity through water power. This indicates one aspect of the importance of water power to Maine's economic development.

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Ecology/Energy
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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.

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Environment: Fur trade, survival, industrial development, forest, conservation
Kennebec River
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