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Bangor Public Library Annual Report 1955
Get PDFhttps://digicom.bpl.lib.me.us/bpl_ann_rep/1017/thumbnail.jp
Seashore Electric Railway Annual Reports 1955 & 1956
Get PDFThe New England Electric Railway Historical Society is a non-profit educational foundation incorporated under the laws of the State of Maine for the purpose of creating an historical electric railway representative of the various builders, periods, and systems. It is the world\u27s oldest and largest organization devoted exclusively to the preservation of railway equipment.https://digicom.bpl.lib.me.us/books_pubs/1116/thumbnail.jp
Dedication of the Bangor Auditorium, October 1, 1955
Get PDFA handout detailing the program of events for the opening of the Bangor Auditorium, October 1, 1955. Four pictures and statistics of the new building are included. The Bangor Auditorium was demolished in June 2013, making way for the Cross Insurance Center at the same location on Buck and Main Street in Bangor, Maine.https://digicom.bpl.lib.me.us/books_pubs/1330/thumbnail.jp
Aerial View of Bangor, Maine, Circa 1949-1955
No full textAerial view of Bangor, Maine, circa 1949-1955. Date range based on knowledge that the Thomas Hill Standpipe had been repainted to pre-World War II white in 1949 and a vacant lot across the street from Union Station at the corner of Washington and Oak Street. We have seen a picture circa 1955 showing this vacant lot. Union Station was demolished November 30, 1961.
Image loaned and owned by Bangor Historical Society.https://digicom.bpl.lib.me.us/spc_bangor_images/1164/thumbnail.jp
The Bapstonian: 1955
Get PDFA landmark in the history of Catholicism in this area, St. John\u27s Church stands as a tribute to the zeal of its first pastor, the heroic Fr. John Bapst, and to those courageous pioneer Catholics of some one hundred years ago who lived in an era of hostility and persecution. Dedicated in 1856 by Bishop Bacon, it gives eloquent testimony to their faith in the midst of insurmountable obstacles. Intimately associated with the history of St. John\u27s are those spiritual leaders designated by God to carry on the work of the Rev. John Bapst.https://digicom.bpl.lib.me.us/jbhs_yearbooks/1008/thumbnail.jp
Rockland Harbor, Maine: Letter from the Secretary of the Army Transmitting a Letter from the Chief of Engineers, Department of the Army, Dated June 22, 1955
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Rockland has reached a point where the harbor must be improved to meet present needs of commerce and characteristics of shipping, or decline and slowly lose its waterborne commerce. The enforced practice of navigating the harbor only at high tide is a severe economic handicap to the fishing and commercial activities of the port. Loss of the asset of a useful harbor would be a major setback to the community and region, geared over its history to reliance upon the harbor and its associated industries. The State and local governments and the representatives of fishing and business interests have concluded that harbor improvement is imperative, and are planning expenditurures of over $350,000 to that end.
Two illustrations detail the proposed improvements for Rockland Harbor.https://digicom.bpl.lib.me.us/books_pubs/1319/thumbnail.jp
Toonervilles of Maine, the Pine Tree State
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Maine is .well known among New England\u27s electric railway enthusiasts for its four major traction systems -- the Atlantic Shore Line Railway, the Portland Railroad, the Lewiston, Augusta and Waterville Street Railway and the Bangor Railway and Electric Company -- and for its famous Portland-Lewiston Interurban as well, but not so well known is the fact that the Pine Tree State had a number of small trolley lines, none over 15 miles in length, which were either contiguous to the larger systems or operated by themselves.
Such roads were the Biddeford and Saco Railroad, the Benton and Fairfield Railway, the Calais Street Railway, the Fairfield and Shawmut Railway, the Norway and Paris Street Railway, the Skowhegan and Norridgewock Railway, the Somerset Traction Company (Skowhegan and Madison), the Waterville, Fairfield and Oakland Railway -- and New England\u27s last horsecar line, the Fryeburg Horse Railroad.
The histories of the Biddeford and Saco Railroad and the Calais Street Railway have already been published and hence are not included in this anthology. All the others have been covered in as complete a fashion as available information permitted. Many of these lines have been gone for 30 years or more -- records no longer exist and the memories of the few remaining former employees are growing dimmer as time passes.
Also included in t his volume is a description of some of the proposed-but-never-built trolley lines of Maine.
Among those who have furnished information for Toonervilles of the Pine Tree State are Edward W. Young of East Weymouth, Mass., Ernest Rowe of Westbrook, Me., Gerald C. Marble of Skowhegan, Me., Flora M. Webster of the South Paris, Me. Public Library; N. R. Longfellow of Solon, Me. and Laurence Breed Walker of Salem, Mass. Additional material has been drawn from the annual reports of the Maine Railroad Commissioners and Public Utilities Commission, the Electric Railway Journal and the U. S. Street and Electric Railway census reports of 1902 and 1907.
Sept. 1, 1955
O.R. Cummings / 13 Parsons Street / Newburyport, Mass.https://digicom.bpl.lib.me.us/books_pubs/1041/thumbnail.jp
Toward a Solution of Bangor\u27s Traffic Problem
Get PDFArgues that the basic pattern of highways in Bangor was established 150 years ago, more than a hundred years before the automobile came into popular use. As the layout of streets suggests, all routes were intended to bring traffic into the center of the city.
The development of an adequate highway network in and around Bangor has manifestly lagged far behind the needs of the present-day automobile users. In fact little, if anything, has been done, outside of designating a rotary and a few one-way streets, to correct the basic inadequacies of the system. Unless one can predict that the use of the automobile will soon be on the decline, he must conclude that bold measures in highway improvement for this entire area are the order of the day -- in the interests of day-to-day driving convenience for the inhabitants, and future economic development for the area.
Presents prospective changes to the highways and streets on Bangor in diagrams for 1955, 1960, 1970, and 1980. Several of these changes did not happen as projected. For example, what would become I-95 was projected to be outside the city of Bangor, not running through it.https://digicom.bpl.lib.me.us/books_pubs/1307/thumbnail.jp
Annual Report, Bangor, Maine: 1955
Get PDFOne of the items which gave the City Council much concern was the establishment of a new department within the City government for the operation of Bangor\u27s new auditorium. A problem of particular complexity was presented to the Council in the matter of the establishment of a proposed rate schedule for the operation of the auditorium. A compilation of ordinances in auditoriums of comparable size in other areas was made and studied. It was felt by the Council that although the initial cost of the building, which was funded through a bond issue, and interest charges in connection therewith, should be borne by the general taxpayers, the annual cost of operation and maintenance should be borne by those who used the auditorium. The rate schedule adopted by the Council was calculated to provide such an amount and it has, in the operation of the auditorium to date, proven satisfactory.https://digicom.bpl.lib.me.us/city_ban_report/1006/thumbnail.jp
The Bapstonian: 1954
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A very important topic of discussion among high-schoolers is the relative importance of social functions on the one hand, and academic functions on the other. We the class of 1954, while realizing the necessity of the latter, are convinced that social functions also have a most vital place in our school life. Without them, the publication of our yearbook would be practically an impossibility.https://digicom.bpl.lib.me.us/jbhs_yearbooks/1007/thumbnail.jp