Keywords: Bangor and Aroostook Rail Road
Item 10858
Bangor and Aroostook Railroad line near Caribou, ca. 1894
Contributed by: Aroostook County Historical and Art Museum Date: circa 1894 Location: Caribou Media: Photographic print
Item 20187
Building the Bangor and Aroostook Railroad, Island Falls, 1894
Contributed by: Island Falls Historical Society Date: 1894 Location: Island Falls Media: Photographic print
Exhibit
Construction of the Bangor and Aroostook rail lines into northern Aroostook County in the early twentieth century opened the region to tourism and commerce from the south.
Exhibit
After the canoe, steamboats became the favored method of transportation on Moosehead Lake. They revolutionized movement of logs and helped promote tourism in the region.
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Presque Isle: The Star City - Transportation
"… came to Presque Isle in 1881 followed by the Bangor and Aroostook Railroad in 1894. In the mid-1930's the Presque Isle Airfield was developed."
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Presque Isle: The Star City - History of Presque Isle
"… achieved with the opening of the Bangor and Aroostook Railroad line to Houlton in 1891 and to Presque Isle and Fort Fairfield in 1894."
