Keywords: Atlantic Shore Line Railway
Item 25089
Atlantic Shoreline Railway route, ca. 1900
Contributed by: Seashore Trolley Museum Date: circa 1900 Location: Kennebunk Media: Postcard
Item 14241
Employee trolley tickets, ca. 1905
Contributed by: Maine Historical Society Date: circa 1905 Media: Ink on paper
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History in Motion: The Era of the Electric Railways
Street railways, whether horse-drawn or electric, required the building of trestles and tracks. The new form of transportation aided industry, workers, vacationers, and other travelers.
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Trolleys were the cleanest and most efficient means of mass transit Maine has ever known.
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Farmington: Franklin County's Shiretown - John Frank Stevens
"He was in charge of the task of building a rail line from Duluth, Minnesota to Sault Ste. Marie, Michigan."
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Life on a Tidal River - Narrative
"… to the removal of old warehouses that lined the shores of the rivers and to the creation of new parks along the Penobscot and Kenduskeag."