Maine Memory Network

Strong, a Mussul Unsquit village - The Railroad

"The Central Maine Railroad stopped at Farmington, so several communities north of Farmington decided to build a railroad to open the region for wood…"

Bath's Historic Downtown - The Railroad Station

"… and freight depot for eighteen years until Maine Central Railroad (MCRR) shut down its passenger service in 1959."

Presque Isle: The Star City - Aroostook Valley Railroad

"… Frontiere where it would connect with the Quebec Central Railroad. The survey for this planned route cost $110,000."

Presque Isle: The Star City - Bangor and Aroostook Railroad Bus Service, Presque Isle, 1957

"Bangor and Aroostook Railroad's magazine, "Maine Line," v. 5 #5, pp. 4-8; v. 6, #1, pp. 4-7. Note the Braden Theater and Al's Food Shop on Main…"

Mantor Library, University of Maine Farmington

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Life on a Tidal River - Early Railroads in Bangor - Page 2 of 2

"Augusta, Maine Central Railroad Company, 1947. Print. President Grant Visit Bangor Daily Whig and Courier (Newspaper) October 14, 1871 through…"

Life on a Tidal River - Early Railroads in Bangor - Page 1 of 2

"1910Bangor Public Library The Maine Central Railroad (now owned by Guilford Transportation) began life as the Penobscot and Kennebec that was…"

Freedom & Captivity Portal

The Freedom & Captivity digital collection in the Maine Memory Network, and the complete digital archive housed at Colby Special Collections, is a repository of personal testimonies, ephemera, memorabilia, artifacts, and visual materials that capture multiple dimensions of the experiences of incarceration for individuals, families, and communities, as well as for survivors of harm.

Farmington: Franklin County's Shiretown - Lowell's General Store, Commerce, & the Railroad

"The Androscoggin (later Maine Central) railroad crossed the Sandy River in 1870 to the train depot on Front St."

Western Maine Foothills Region - Ridlonville

"1900Mexico Historical Society The Central School, built in 1894, was burned Christmas eve of 1906 and was rebuilt in 1907."

Lincoln, Maine - Telegraphs & Telephones

"Plumly gained his first regular operator, Miss Edith Trott. In January 1906 a new switchboard was installed by the New England Telephone & Telegraph…"

Western Maine Foothills Region - Mexico - Page 3 of 3

"In 1894, both the Kimball School and the six room Central School were built. The Central School burned December 24, 1906, and in 1907 a new school…"

Guilford, Maine - Early Manufacturing - Page 1 of 3

"… and the river was one of the main highways, the railroad being the other. River drives continued into the 1950’s and were not without perils."

Norcross Heritage Trust

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Western Maine Foothills Region - For The Love Of Paper - Page 4 of 4

"… to that, many years prior, between Oxford Paper Company and the Maine Coated Paper Co. Boise Cascade Corp."

Presque Isle: The Star City - Arthur R. Gould

"Aroostook Valley Railroad and Maine Public Service Company building, Presque Isle, 1921Presque Isle Historical Society Gould’s original plan was to…"

Guilford, Maine - The Next Fifty Years 1916-1966

"Central Maine Radio Services & Sales was established. Temporary Foot Bridge, Guilford, 1954Guilford Historical Society In the early 1950’s the…"

Western Maine Foothills Region - For The Love Of Paper - Page 2 of 4

"… to an end, and the power plant was sold to the Central Maine Power Company, which took over maintenance of the plant and supplied the mill with…"

Presque Isle: The Star City - History of Presque Isle

"… the Aroostook Valley Railroad (an electric railroad that connected residents to nearby towns), the Northern Maine Sanatorium for tuberculosis…"

Strong, a Mussul Unsquit village - "Fly Rod" Crosby - Page 1 of 3

"She was engaged by the Maine Central Railroad to help market the Rangeley Lakes as a popular destination for tourism."

Strong, a Mussul Unsquit village - "Fly Rod" Crosby - Page 2 of 3

"Strong Historical Society The Maine Central employed Crosby as a writer and sent her all over the east coast to represent the Maine Woods at…"

Scarborough: They Called It Owascoag - Transportation Through the Years - Page 1 of 4

"… In 1935 with revenues dropping, the Maine Central and the Boston & Maine railroads bought the first streamliner east of the Mississippi, the famed…"

Bath's Historic Downtown - History Overview

"Maine Central Railroad then contracted for replacing that station in 1941 with a brick building that remained in service until 1959."

Life on a Tidal River - Narrative

"By 1855, the Maine Central Railroad came into the city and tied Bangor to other parts of the country. The Bangor and Aroostook Railroad soon followed."