Brunswick, Maine and its wide Maine Street From John F. Sprague's Journal of Maine History Vol 3 page 138 Brunswick, Maine says the Brunswick Record, has a splendid, wide main street. It gives the town an air of distinction and in many places Maine street, as it is called, is very beautiful. It seems that when the main highway of the town was laid out, a roadway twelve rods wide was built to "the sea." That is, to a point where mer- chandise could be hauled from ships. At that time it seemed that the principal shipping would be by vessels and a broad highway was important. In the fifty years ago items of this week it is found that train service was not very extensive and the present day meth- ods of transportation and promptness in shipping goods would sur- prise one of the early settlers of Maine as much as any other of the modern ways of doing things. (c) 1998 Courtesy of the Androscoggin Historical Society ************************************************* * * * * NOTICE: Printing the files within by non-commercial individuals and libraries is encouraged, as long as all notices and submitter information is included. Any other use, including copying files to other sites requires permission from the submitters PRIOR to uploading to any other sites. We encourage links to the state and county table of contents. * * * * The USGenWeb Project makes no claims or estimates of the validity of the information submitted and reminds you that each new piece of information must be researched and proved or disproved by weight of evidence. It is always best to consult the original material for verification.