Keywords: trestles
Item 67525
Poplar, Forest Paper Co., Yarmouth, ca. 1880
Contributed by: Yarmouth Historical Society Date: circa 1880 Location: Yarmouth Media: Photographic print
Item 13320
Bangor and Aroostook Railroad trestle, Houlton - 1894
Contributed by: Aroostook County Historical and Art Museum Date: 1894 Location: Houlton Media: Photographic print
Item 37438
Assessor's Record, 550-566 Commercial Street (rear), Portland, 1924
Owner in 1924: Portland Terminal Co. Use: Trestles & Towers
Item 86840
Assessor's Record, Trestle, Commercial Street, Portland, 1924
Owner in 1924: Pocahontas Fuel Company Incorporated Use: Trestle
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.
Exhibit
Yarmouth's "Third Falls" provided the perfect location for papermaking -- and, soon, for producing soda pulp for making paper. At the end of the 19th century and beginning of the 20th, Yarmouth was an international leader in soda pulp production.
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Presque Isle: The Star City - Aroostook Valley Railroad Trestle, ca. 1910
"An Electric trolley is on the trestle. The substation buildings can be seen on the opposite side of the river."
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Lincoln, Maine - Pulp Mill, Penobscot River, 1902 - Page 1 of 2
"The trestle at right is still used by the railway today. View additional information about this item on the Maine Memory Network."
