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Buy Defense Savings Stamps Here
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The United States Navy Needs Young Patriotic Americans To Man Its Expanding Fleet -- Apply Now --Navy Recruiting Station, Post Office Building, Bangor, Maine
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Bangor Hydro Electric News: November 1940: Volume 10, No.11, Line Construction Crew Issue
Get PDFFeatures photographs and descriptions of crews working on working on and installing power lines, including laying a submarine 3,000 volt cable from Great Cranberry Isle to Manset.https://digicom.bpl.lib.me.us/bangorhydro_news/1003/thumbnail.jp
Bangor Hydro Electric News: May 1940: Volume 10, No.5, Quarter Century Club Issue
Get PDFHonors employees of Bangor Hydro Electric Company with 25 or more years of service to the company.https://digicom.bpl.lib.me.us/bangorhydro_news/1006/thumbnail.jp
Serve Your Country In The United States Navy -- Apply At The Nearest Navy Recruiting Station
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Bangor Hydro Electric News: October 1940: Volume 10, No.10, Safety Issue
Get PDFLists some of the accidents involving Bangor Hydro Electric Company employees in from January 1939 to September 1940. Including: Newcomb F. Clark. Meter Reader, Bangor. March 11, 1940. Reading meters, slipped on the steps and fell, injuring his ankle. Accident not officially reported until March 20th, and he returned to work which did not require walking or standing on his fee. He lost 7 days.https://digicom.bpl.lib.me.us/bangorhydro_news/1002/thumbnail.jp
Bangor Hydro Electric News: July 1940: Volume 10, No.7, Track Maintenance Department Issue
Get PDFThe state included in its 1940 program for highway work a mile or more along the main highway to Orono and through the town of Orono. In some sections the grade will be raised considerably and in other sections the grade will be dropped. Throughout the entire stretch the road will be resurfaced even if the grade is\u27nt changed. All this means that the Hydro must bring its street car roadbed to a level to conform to the grade of the new highway. And that\u27s what\u27s going on at the present time and will continue for possibly two months or more. The Bangor and the Old Town track crews are both working on this job as well as the Old Town line crew.
Features photographs of work being done on the streets of Orono and Old Town.https://digicom.bpl.lib.me.us/bangorhydro_news/1004/thumbnail.jp
Bangor Hydro Electric News: June 1940, Volume 10, No.6, Commercial Department Issue
Get PDFThis issue focuses on the office workers for Bangor Hydro Electric Company, including front office secretaries, and the sales, maintenance, home demonstration, promotion, and marketing departments.https://digicom.bpl.lib.me.us/bangorhydro_news/1005/thumbnail.jp
USS Kickapoo, aft view
No full textA view of the U.S. Coast Guard ship WAGL-56 USS Kickapoo on the Penobscot River breaking ice. 157\u27 class Tug/Icebreaker/Buoy Tender: Displacement: 848 tons Length: 157\u274 Beam: 35\u27 Draft: 14\u276 Speed: 11.5 knots Armament: None Complement: 1 officer, 3 warrants, 36 enlisted Triple-expansion steam engine, single screw, 1,000 hp Built at Bethlehem Steel, Elizabeth Port, N.J., and commissioned 21 Jnauary 1922
During World War II, Kickapoo was assigned to 1st District, stationed at Buzzards Bay, Mass. and Rockland, Me. She was used for ice-breaking and general aids to navigation duty.https://digicom.bpl.lib.me.us/spc_bangorwaterfront_images/1001/thumbnail.jp
Bangor Hydro Electric News: September 1940: Volume 10, No. 9, The Outing Number
Get PDFFeatures many photos of employees and employees\u27 family members at the company\u27s annual outing at Lucerne-in-Maine. Competitions were held in a variety of sports such as softball, archery, swimming, horseshoes, three-legged races, egg races, and peanut races.https://digicom.bpl.lib.me.us/bangorhydro_news/1001/thumbnail.jp