Bath Officials Weigh New Telegraph Trunk Route Changes
New England Telephone and Telegraph explores routing trunk lines into Bath via Old Turnpike or Blind Crossing, with armor protected cables to Thorne's Head. Community reports cite sidewalk obstruction for a pole, a high tide dam incident at Winnegance, and ferry traffic boosting Bath Woolwich crossings.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
New England Telephone and Telegraph Company
Bath
Maine Central
Thorne’s Head
Drowned at Oakledge on New Meadows River
Edward Rhodes, 21, of Lynn, drowned after diving from the Oakledge pier at New Meadows river Saturday night. A nearby cottage resident saw him vanish and the body was recovered Sunday morning. Officials suspect heart failure caused the tragedy.
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Oakledge
New Meadows
Edward Rhodes
Lynn
Spite House of Mc Cobb Family A Center Landmark
A feature on the Mc Cobb mansion at Phippsburg Center known as the spite house. Built by Thomas McCobb to overshadow his stepfamily’s property, it showcases four chimneys a cupola and carved panels. The article recalls James McCobb era and the house’s grand Italianate style preserved over years.
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McCobb
Phippshure Center
Charlotte C. Ortiz
Georgia Kelley
James McCobb
Phippsburg
Sammeer Charles V. Minott
Phippshore
Thomas McCobb
North Wall
London
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