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Description
The Portland Company's locomotive works manufactured this locomotive named after Portland businessman H. N. Jose for the Portland & Kennebec Railroad Company.
Horatio Nelson Jose (1819-1892) was a founder of Maine General Hospital, an organizer of the Portland and Ogdensburg Railroad in 1870, and a director of the Portland, Kennebec, and Maine Central Railroads, among many other civic activities.
About This Item
- Title: H. N. Jose locomotive, Portland, ca. 1880
- Creator: Portland Company
- Creation Date: circa 1880
- Subject Date: circa 1880
- Location: Portland, Cumberland County, ME
- Media: Photographic print
- Dimensions: 13 cm x 18 cm
- Local Code: Coll. 701, vol. 3
- Collection: Richard F. Dole papers
- Object Type: Image
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Standardized Subject Headings
- Jose, Horatio Nelson, 1819-1892--Commemoration
- Locomotives--Maine
- Portland & Kennebec Railroad Company
- Portland Company (Portland, Me.)--Manufactures
- Railroads--Maine
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