Keywords: Somerset and Kennebec Railroad
Item 9075
Kennebec River, above Railroad Bridge, Skowhegan, ca. 1870
Contributed by: Skowhegan History House Date: circa 1870 Location: Skowhegan Media: Stereograph
Item 9042
Railroad Bridge, Skowhegan, ca. 1890
Contributed by: Skowhegan History House Date: circa 1890 Location: Skowhegan Media: Photographic print
Exhibit
Student Exhibit: Somerset Railroad
The Somerset Railroad was completed in 1872. It started out as a dream to link the Maine Coast with Canadian businesses to the north. It ran from the North Woods around Moosehead Lake down to Southern Maine and back again for 56 years.
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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Strong, a Mussul Unsquit village - Strong's History - Page 1 of 4
"Wood-fired locomotives of the Narrow Gauge Railroad brought tourists and fueled other industries, giving way only when automobiles and trucks became…"
