Keywords: railroad company
Item 13843
Railroad excursion flyer, 1928
Contributed by: Maine Historical Society Date: 1928 Location: Portland Media: Ink on paper
Item 34041
Maine Central Railroad brochure, Cumberland, 1950
Contributed by: Richard Rozene through North Yarmouth Historical Society Date: 1950-04-30 Location: Cumberland Media: Ink on paper
Item 32687
Railroad, Bishop Street, Portland, 1924
Owner in 1924: Portland Terminal Company Style: Shed Use: Railroad - Store House
Item 32685
Railroad, Bishop Street, Portland, 1924
Owner in 1924: Portland Terminal Company Style: Railroad Victorian Use: Railroad - Fuel Station
Item 109179
Bangor and Aroostook Railroad Company traffic department alterations, Bangor, 1948-1956
Contributed by: Maine Historical Society Date: 1948–1956 Location: Bangor Client: Bangor and Aroostook Railroad Company Architect: Eaton W. Tarbell
Item 111337
Grand Truck Railway Terminal, Portland, 1910
Contributed by: Maine Historical Society Date: 1910 Location: Portland Client: unknown Architect: John Calvin Stevens
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
Black soldiers served in Maine during World War II, assigned in small numbers throughout the state to guard Grand Trunk rail lines from a possible German attack. The soldiers, who lived in railroad cars near their posts often interacted with local residents.
Site Page
"The building is still the offices for Maine Public Service Company. View additional information about this item on the Maine Memory Network."
Site Page
Strong, a Mussul Unsquit village - The Railroad
"Click for Railroad Photos The new railroad had an immediate and profound impact. Mills built along the railroad made Strong the logging community it…"
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.
Story
Canadian immigrant founds worlds largest paper company in 1898
by Hugh J. Chisholm
Hugh J. Chisholm founded International Paper, which was the world's largest paper company in 1898.
