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Union Station Demolition, 1961
No full textUrban renewal and changing priorities spell the end for Union Station.https://digicom.bpl.lib.me.us/railroad_union_img/1013/thumbnail.jp
Union Station Demolition, 1961
No full textBangor\u27s venerable landmark, built in 1907 at the foot of Exchange Street on the banks of the Penobscot River, meets its fate in 1961, a victim of urban renewal.https://digicom.bpl.lib.me.us/railroad_union_img/1012/thumbnail.jp
What to Do and Where to Stay in and Around Bangor
Get PDFA late 1950s or early 1960s fold-out brochure describing entertainment, leisure, educational, and social activites in Bangor and Brewer, Maine. Includes pictures of Bangor House, Penobscot Hotel, Queen City Motel, Twin City Motel, Mokler\u27s Travel Lite Motel, and Fairmount Terrace Motel.https://digicom.bpl.lib.me.us/books_pubs/1333/thumbnail.jp
Guide to Dow Air Force Base and the Vacationland
Get PDFIt is a pleasure to welcome you to Dow Air Force Base and the State of Maine. You will find the base a beautiful installation and the community a friendly place in which to live and work.
We are a part of the Strategic Air Command whose strength and deterrent posture is known throughout the world. Our success depends upon you; we can remain alert and strong only through your dedicated and energetic efforts.
we know you will be proud to be a part of the Dow community and we invite you to join in the cordial relationship between the base and the cities of Bangor and Brewer.
This guide will acquaint you with the facilities and services at Dow and in the State of Maine. Again, welcome on behalf of all the personnel presently enjoying their stay at Dow.
Colonel George W.R. Zethren, Commander USAFhttps://digicom.bpl.lib.me.us/books_pubs/1270/thumbnail.jp
Merchants National Bank of Bangor
Get PDFThis undated pamphlet, likely published in 1960, provides information about Merchants National Bank services. Included are picture of the interior and exterior of Merchants locations at 25 Broad Street, Bangor, Union Street at 14th, Bangor, 77 North Main Street, Brewer, and at Dow Air Force Base.https://digicom.bpl.lib.me.us/books_pubs/1124/thumbnail.jp
City of Bangor Factual Data: 1960
Get PDFDear Mr. Businessman and Mr. Industrialist:
We welcome your request for information on Bangor\u27s facilities and services.
In Bangor you will find space for growth and a willingness to assist new, as well as existing, industry. Many out-of-staters have found our City a good place in which to work and live the year around. The outdoor activities provided by the area\u27s woods, mountains, lakes, streams, and coastaI waters is well known.
People from other sections of the country have the erroneous idea that Maine is snow bound in winter. There was some truth to this beIief 50 years ago, but no more. Thanks to power ploughs and other modern snow removal equipment, we take winter in stride. A snow storm that would cripple a larger metropolitan area slows activities in Maine very little.
The state\u27s industrial climate is also good. The tax situation compares favorably with other states of northeastern United States. Also, this is true of labor management relatlonshlps.
If you are associated with an industry that has plans to relocate, you might consider the Bangor area as a plant site. We welcome further inquiry and would be happy to provlde more specific details keyed to your needs.https://digicom.bpl.lib.me.us/city_bur_book/1009/thumbnail.jp
Bangor Urban Renewal Relocation Guide
Get PDFOne of the major objectives of Urban Renewal in Bangor will be to provide suitable, safe, decent and sanitary housing in well-planned and maintained neighborhoods. The removal of substandard structures is not enough. Definite efforts must be made to raise the quality of living accommodations as well as the homemaking habits and aspirations of those segments of the population who now are living or formerly have lived in slum settings. A cooperative endeavor among public agencies, home builders, realtors, civic groups and others is involved.
A Relocation Office will be established in the Stillwater Park Area to afford maximum accessibility to project site occupants. The office will be situated in a building slated for demolition in the final stage of the Relocation Program and will serve as a clearing house for information and service to site occupants. The Relocation Staff will work out of this office aiding in the social, psychological and physical adjustments required of families in their transition from one area of living, and one pattern of habits to another.
Commissioners included former Governor of Maine Robert N. Haskell, Mabel S. Wadsworth, John E. Coney, Max S. Kominsky, and Joseph R. Coupal, Jr.https://digicom.bpl.lib.me.us/city_bur_book/1000/thumbnail.jp
Public Health Considerations of the Kenduskeag Stream, Bangor, November 1960
Get PDFIntroduction
More than 350 years ago the first white man excreted his wastes into the Kenduskeag Stream. Today, the City of Bangor offers its citizens the same sewage treatment facilities as that given to the crewmen of Samuel de Champlain\u27s ship in 1604.
This report attempts to describe the extent of pollution in the Kenduskeag Stream and point out the potential health hazard of this foul smelling watercourse that divides our city with the sewage of our citizens.
William J. Carney / Director of Public Healthhttps://digicom.bpl.lib.me.us/books_pubs/1206/thumbnail.jp
Locomotive Rosters
Get PDFHand-written manuscript detailing the individualy history of several locomotives on (primarily) two gauge railroads in Maine from the 1870s until the 1930s.
Railroads included are: Bridgeton and Saco River Railroad Company, Eustis Railroad Company, Franklin and Megantic Railroad Company, Phillips and Rangeley Railroad Company, Sandy River Railroad Company, and Bangor, Old Town, and Milford Railroad Company.
Included are letters describing the project from Mr. Dole to Felix Ranlett, Bangor Public Library Director.https://digicom.bpl.lib.me.us/railroad_pubs/1039/thumbnail.jp