Category Archives: Pleasant Hill

Transportation Through the Years – Part 4 of 4

Posted on October 6, 2016 by scarbo7_wp

Text by Bruce Thurlow Images from Scarborough Historical Society, Rodney Laughton and Joseph W. Snow Automobiles and Fire Trucks Automobiles George Robinson of Pleasant Hill was the first year-round resident of Scarborough to own an automobile. It was a 1905 Rambler. … Continue reading →

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Transportation Through the Years – Part 3 of 4

Posted on October 5, 2016 by scarbo7_wp

Text by Bruce Thurlow Images from Scarborough Historical Society, Rodney Laughton and Joseph W. Sno Aviation: When Flight Was Still a Novelty Scarborough Airport Scarborough airport, actually the Portland Airport, was dedicated on 28 and 29 September 1928. An air … Continue reading →

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Historical Overview – Part 3

Posted on October 1, 2016 by Mary Pickard

Page 3 of 4 Text by Mary B. Pickard The Twentieth Century By 1902 Scarborough had electricity, and electric cars (trolleys) replaced horsecars. There was great excitement that July when the rails of the Biddeford and Saco Railroad Company were … Continue reading →

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