Keywords: Trolley parks
Item 28024
Bangor, Hampden and Winterport trolley, Hampden, ca. 1900
Contributed by: Hampden Historical Society Date: circa 1900 Location: Hampden Media: Photographic print
Item 26782
Oakland Park, Rockport, ca. 1920
Contributed by: Seashore Trolley Museum Date: circa 1920 Location: Rockport Media: Postcard
Item 111594
Cape Cottage Park, Cape Elizabeth, ca. 1925
Contributed by: Maine Historical Society Date: 1924–1926 Location: Cape Elizabeth Client: Cape Cottage Park Company Architect: John Calvin Stevens and John Howard Stevens Architects
Item 111598
David A. Calhoun house, Cape Elizabeth, 1904
Contributed by: Maine Historical Society Date: 1904 Location: Cape Elizabeth Client: David A. Calhoun Architect: John Calvin Stevens
Exhibit
At the heyday of trolleys in Maine, many of the trolley companies developed recreational facilities along or at the end of trolley lines as one further way to encourage ridership. The parks often had walking paths, dance pavilions, and various other entertainments. Cutting-edge technology came together with a thirst for adventure and forever changed social dynamics in the process.
Exhibit
Trolleys were the cleanest and most efficient means of mass transit Maine has ever known.
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Highlighting Historical Hampden - Riverside Park
"The trolley was later owned and operated by the Bangor Railway and Electric Company. The Bangor, Hampden & Winterport Electric Company trolley…"
Story
Monument Square 1967
by C. Michael Lewis
The background story and research behind a commissioned painting of Monument Square.
Story
Peace in Maine
by Rebekah Tower
My story is about my family vacations to Maine when I was growing up.