Keywords: washout
Item 14513
Track washout, Maysville, 1954
Contributed by: Oakfield Historical Society Date: circa 1954 Location: Maysville Media: Photographic print
Item 17442
Damage Resulting from Hurricane Edna, Bangor and Aroostook Railroad, Maysville, 1954
Contributed by: Oakfield Historical Society Date: 1954 Location: Maysville Media: Photographic print
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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.
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Lincoln, Maine - That Pioneer Spirit
"The washout also detoured the freight and passengers being transported from Halifax, Nova Scotia, to Boston, Massachusetts."
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Farmington: Franklin County's Shiretown - Railroad into the Village
"… from Broadway is being repaired – at least the washouts are being tended to. Now is the time to lay a permanent drain on the east side of the…"
