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Description
The Portland Company in Portland, Maine built this steam locomotive in 1880 for the Portland & Rochester Railroad. It is of standard guage, has 61-inch drivers and is posed out on the main line.--Fletcher, David H. 'The Portland Company 1846-1982.' Charleston, S.C. : Arcadia Pub., 2002. 76.
About This Item
- Title: The 'Alfred' steam locomotive, 1880
- Creation Date: 1880
- Subject Date: 1880
- Location: Portland, Cumberland County, ME
- Media: Albumen print
- Dimensions: 25 cm x 40 cm
- Local Code: Coll. 242 OS Photographs Box 5; MS00-67.0199
- Collection: Portland Company records
- Object Type: Image
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- Alfred (Locomotive)--Photographs
- Portland & Rochester Railroad--Photographs
- Railroad locomotive industry--Maine--Portland
- Railroad locomotives--United States--Maine--Portland
- Railroads--Maine
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