Part of a row of tenement buildings (top and below) between 30 – 44 Water St., which sat on the east side of Water St., overlooking the Kennebec River.
All of these apartment buildings, and many others, were torn down in the 1960s. These (below) were located on the side where a guardrail now exists, and the lots overgrown with vegetation. You can see parts of the buildings that extended down to the river.
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https://townline.org/wp-content/uploads/2016/06/TownLineBanner.jpg00Roland D. Halleehttps://townline.org/wp-content/uploads/2016/06/TownLineBanner.jpgRoland D. Hallee2022-10-19 15:50:022022-10-19 15:50:02LIFE ON THE PLAINS: Pictorial stroll along the east side of Water St., Part 5
by Roland D. Hallee
I was born n raised down the plains
How did the area I grew up in became known as The Plains??