Maps and Aerial Views, Past and Present
Many of these maps are very large
files and will take quite some time to download.
Old Maps
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West Waterville,
1806
The major roads and some of the
individual lots are shown on this map.
Present-day streets include Belgrade Ave, Church St,
Oak St, and Main St. As one can readily see, the
major settled area of West Waterville was along the
shore of Messalonskee Lake at this time.
(Traced
by the webmaster from an original in the Kennebec
County Registry of Deeds) |
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Dearborn,
1815 Showing the
portion of Dearborn that was annexed to Waterville in
1815, this map lists names of estate holders who thus
became Waterville (and West Waterville) residents.
(Photocopy of the
original in the Kennebec County Registry of Deeds) |
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Kennebec
County, 1826
From the Society's collection,
this map shows the county as it existed prior to the
organization of Waldo, Franklin and Androscoggin
Counties. Note that Farmington (now Franklin Co)
Green (misspelled but now in Androscoggin Co) and Unity
(now in Waldo Co) were parts of Kennebec at this time.
(Photograph of the map
in the Macartney House Museum) |
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Dearborn,
1837 Formerly, East
Pond Plantation, this town never prospered
economically. Beginning in 1815, pieces of it
were annexed to neighboring towns beginning with
Waterville; in 1839, a large section was annexed to
Belgrade; in 1840, a section was detached to form
Smithfield. The remainder was reorganized as
Dearborn Plantation, and this portion was finally
annexed to Waterville in 1843, ending Dearborn's
corporate existence.
(Traced by the webmaster
from several different maps in the Kennebec County
Registry of Deeds) |
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West Waterville,
1856
Published 1856 by J Chace Jr, of Philadelphia and
Augusta, 1856. This is only a very small section of the entire county
map. |
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West Waterville,
Cadastral Map, 1878
Maps of this type were common in the decades
following the Civil War. They were generally "bird's
eye" views, and information was gathered from both ground sources
and sometimes from artists sketching from hot-air balloons. |
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West Waterville Village, 1879
This map is taken from the Kennebec County
Atlas, one of a series done of all Maine counties about this
time. Many counties were mapped in this way. The unique
feature of this map is that it shows the owner of each house and often
the names of businesses and industries, thus making this type of map
extremely valuable for genealogists and historians. |
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West Waterville
and Waterville, 1879
Again, from the Kennebec County Atlas, this map
shows the entire town of West Waterville, now Oakland, as well as its
parent town, the present city of Waterville. Names of residents
living out of downtown are shown. |
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Oakland,
Lower Mills, 1892 The "Lower Mills",
today the area where Kennedy Memorial Drive crosses Messalonskee Stream, was
in 1892, the main factory of the Dunn Edge Tool Company.
(Traced from Sanborn Fire Insurance maps, 1892) |
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Oakland,
Lord's North Dam, 1892 Emerson/Stevens
and the American Axe Company were the primary occupants
of this dam area, directly along the present School
Street bridge. The present-day post office
occupies the upper right corner of this map.
(Traced from Sanborn
Fire Insurance maps, 1892) |
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Oakland,
Lord's South Dam, 1892 Upstream
(or south) from Lord's other dam, this dam hosted
Benjamin and Allen's chair factory, which leased power
to the Oakland Electric Light Company -- later to
become the Central Maine Power Company.
(Traced from Sanborn
Fire Insurance maps, 1892) |
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Oakland,
Upper Mills, 1892 Originally,
this area was "downtown." Grocery
stores, mills and factories must have made this area,
today where Maine Route 23 crosses Messalonskee Stream,
a very busy section of town.
(Traced from Sanborn
Fire Insurance maps, 1892) |
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Aerial View of
Oakland, 1949
From the town report, this view shows the entire
downtown area, as well as Messalonskee Lake (lower left), Middle Road (lower
right), Alpine Street (right), The Maine Central Railroad (left), Old
Waterville Road (upper right), Fairfield Street (upper center) and Oak Street
(upper left). |
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Aerial View Southwest,
Oakland, 1949 Taken from the overall aerial
view, this section shows the outlet to Messalonskee Lake, at the junctions of
Middle Road, Belgrade Road, Church Street and Water Street. |
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Aerial View Southeast,
Oakland, 1949 Again, from the overall view,
this snows the Oakland end of Middle Road. |
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Aerial View Northwest,
Oakland, 1949 Showing Heath St and the Bog,
Oak Street, the Maine Central Railroad, Williams High School, and the west end
of downtown. |
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Aerial View Northeast,
Oakland, 1949 Showing Alpine Street, the (Old)
Waterville Road, Fairfield Street and the eastern end of downtown. |
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FirstPark, Oakland's
high-tech business park, Concept Plan, 1998 Constructed
just off the Oakland-Waterville exit of Interstate-95, between Kennedy
Memorial Drive and Rices Rips Road. This is a cooperative venture
between many towns and cities in Kennebec County, each sharing resources and
revenues. |
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Oakland from Google, 2003 |
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Downtown Oakland from
Google, 2003 |
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