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Description
This is the locomotive the "Presumpscot", part of the Portland & Ogdansburg Railroad, #1. It was built by the Boston and Providence Railroad in 1847, purchased secondhand by the Portland & Ogdansburg Railroad and used as a switcher in the Portland yards.
About This Item
- Title: The Presumpscot, ca. 1870
- Creation Date: circa 1870
- Subject Date: circa 1870
- Location: Portland, Cumberland County, ME
- Media: Albumen print
- Dimensions: 25 cm x 39 cm
- Local Code: Coll. 242, OS Photographs Box 5; MS00-67.0167
- Collection: Portland Company records
- Object Type: Image
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Standardized Subject Headings
- Portland & Ogdansburg Railroad--Photographs
- Presumpscot (Locomotive)--Photographs
- Railroad employees--Photographs
- Railroad facilities--Maine--Portland
- Railroad locomotives--United States--Maine
- Railroad shops & yards--Photographs
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Maine Historical Society485 Congress Street, Portland, ME 04101
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