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The Porteous, Mitchell and Braun Company Building (also known as the Miller Building) is a historic building at 522-528 Congress Street in downtown Portland, Maine.Built in 1904 and enlarged in 1911, it housed Porteous, which was Maine's largest department store for many years.
Porteous expanded and opened branch locations in Maine, New Hampshire, and Vermont.The first branch took over another store that had ceased operations. In Newington NH, Porteous opened in the Newington Mall (now The Crossings at Fox Run) in a location formerly occupied by Sutherland's, the only branch store of a Lawrence MA-based department store that ceased operations in 1976.
Wellby Super Drug was a chain of 41 drug stores that operated in Maine, New Hampshire and Vermont from 1973 until 1992. It was a wholly owned subsidiary of Hannaford Brothers, northern New England's largest grocer.
The Market House of Portland, Maine, was located in what was then known as Market Square or Haymarket Square (today's Monument Square) between 1825 and 1888, when it was demolished. In 1833, the building was modified to become Portland's first city hall. The Soldiers' and Sailors' Monument, which now stands in its place, was dedicated in 1891.
Jordan's Meats was an American meat packing company based in Maine, with plants at one time in Augusta, Bangor, and Portland. [1] Jordan's was one of the companies of Corporate Brand Foods America, purchased in 1997 by George N. Gillett Jr., then by Iowa Beef Processors (IBP) in January 2000. [1]
The B&M Baked Beans factory is an historic cannery building in Portland, Maine, USA. Constructed in 1913 in the East Deering neighborhood, it was built by the Burnham & Morrill Company. Baked beans were produced in the building until 2021. The building is a prominent landmark highly visible from Interstate 295. It is located at 1 Beanpot Circle.
Exchange Street is a main commercial thoroughfare in the Old Port of Portland, Maine, United States. Originally laid out in 1724, [ 1 ] today it features a number of designer clothing stores, as well as several small, locally owned businesses, [ 2 ] including Sherman's Maine Coast Books .
The last standard gauge locomotive was sold to the Maine Central Railroad when Portland Terminal Company took over millyard switching work in 1929. [9] The last 2 ft ( 610 mm ) gauge locomotives were sold in 1949 after conveyor systems were constructed to transport materials formerly moved in narrow gauge cars.