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Historical Items

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Item 33495

Train Wreck at Tin Bridge, Bangor, 1871

Contributed by: Bangor Public Library Date: 1871-08-10 Location: Bangor Media: Stereograph

Item 61016

Train wreck, Biddeford, 1894

Contributed by: An individual through Biddeford Historical Society Date: 1894-06-10 Location: Biddeford Media: Photographic print

Item 10462

Bangor and Aroostook train wreck, ca. 1945

Contributed by: Oakfield Historical Society Date: circa 1945 Media: Photographic print

Online Exhibits

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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

Designing Acadia

For one hundred years, Acadia National Park has captured the American imagination and stood as the most recognizable symbol of Maine’s important natural history and identity. This exhibit highlights Maine Memory content relating to Acadia and Mount Desert Island.

Exhibit

"We are growing to be somewhat cosmopolitan..." Waterville, 1911

Between 1870 and 1911, Waterville more than doubled in size, becoming a center of manufacturing, transportation, and the retail trade and offering a variety of entertainments for its residents.

Site Pages

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Historic Hallowell - Train Wreck Of 1937

"The accident did not injure anyone. There were kids working on it because there were no laws against letting the kids help with the accident."

Site Page

Scarborough: They Called It Owascoag - People Who Called Scarborough Home - Page 4 of 4

"In 1951 following a terrible accident at Scottow Hill, Dr. Haigis and several men, some of whom were fellow members of the Lions Club, raised funds…"

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Scarborough: They Called It Owascoag - Transportation Through the Years - Page 4 of 4

"… on the road brought an increase in the number of accidents between automobiles and horse-drawn vehicles."

My Maine Stories

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Story

John Coyne from Waterville Enlists as a Railroad Man in WWI
by Mary D. Coyne

Description of conditions railroad men endured and family background on John Coyne.