Keywords: New Depot
Item 22828
A Train at Springvale Depot, Sanford, ca. 1910
Contributed by: Sanford-Springvale Historical Society Date: circa 1910 Location: Sanford Media: Print from glass negative
Item 19118
Construction, Depot Mountain lookout, ca. 1914
Contributed by: Maine Forest Service Date: circa 1914 Location: T14 R16 WELS Media: Photographic print
Exhibit
The Sanitary Commission: Meeting Needs of Soldiers, Families
The Sanitary Commission, formed soon after the Civil War began in the spring of 1861, dealt with the health, relief needs, and morale of soldiers and their families. The Maine Agency helped families and soldiers with everything from furloughs to getting new socks.
Exhibit
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.
Site Page
Bath's Historic Downtown - The Railroad Station
"… station served as a passenger station and freight depot for eighteen years until Maine Central Railroad (MCRR) shut down its passenger service in…"
Site Page
Farmington: Franklin County's Shiretown - Railroad into the Village
"The new depot was packed to its utmost capacity, and when the train stopped a deafening cheer, and a “hip, hip, hurrah!” saluted the passengers as…"
Story
The only letter to survive World War II
by Cyrene Slegona
Only one of many letters my father sent to his wife remained after he came home from World War II.
