Maine Memory Network

Thomaston: The Town that Went to Sea - Thomaston Narrative

"In June 1630 five passengers were sent on the sailing vessel Lyon from England to establish a trading post on lower Wadsworth Street, specifically…"

Bridgton Historical Society

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Presque Isle: The Star City - Arthur R. Gould

"The passenger station was located on the corner of what is now Riverside Drive and State Street along the edge of the Prestile Stream."

Highlighting Historical Hampden - Expansion

"… serviced a steamboat wharf in Hampden and carried passengers and freight from town to town along the Penobscot from making trips to Boston when…"

Blue Hill, Maine - Blue Hill Spearheads Development on the Downeast Coast

"… was perhaps the same spirit that infused the passengers on the first ships from England 140 years before them."

Blue Hill, Maine - Discover the Story of Blue Hill - Page 3 of 4

"… Hill's summer colony on steamships that met their passengers at the railhead in Rockland. They disembarked at the wharves on Peters’ Point or…"

Guilford, Maine - The Next Fifty Years 1916-1966

"… Society In 1958, the B & A Railroad discontinued passenger service. Piscataquis area schools formed in the name of Piscataquis Community School…"

Lincoln, Maine - Steamboats

"… House was built in 1847 to hold steamboat passengers. The Penobscot House was a hotel located in Lincoln Center and was a stopping point for people…"

Lincoln, Maine - Ferries

"It could only hold a certain amount of passengers and weight. You could take cars on the ferry, but only a few due to the weight."

Strong, a Mussul Unsquit village - Strong's History - Page 2 of 4

"Salesmen, stagecoach passengers, and lumbermen were taken to their destinations on horseback or by carriage."

Strong, a Mussul Unsquit village - Strong's History - Page 1 of 4

"… to 1909 records, the railroad carried 70,000 passengers and 70,000 tons of freight. Farms were an important role in the town’s growth and…"

Swan's Island: Six miles east of ordinary - IV. Transitions and troubles: Private enterprise shoulders an island’s needs

"The Seawind carried passengers and freight, and the Quarry Wharf became a social center at landing time when islanders gathered to exchange news and…"

Portland Press Herald Glass Negative Collection - Aviation

"Jones began his business of flying sightseeing passengers in his biplanes in 1919, and by 1928 he was recognized as one of the pioneers in the…"

Lincoln, Maine - That Pioneer Spirit

"Passengers traveling south from Vanceboro or north from Bangor were halted at Lincoln and transported the rest of the way by bus and taxi."

Maine's Swedish Colony, July 23, 1870 - Stockholm, Maine

"… was finished and the trains started transporting passengers. The Bangor and Aroostook Railroad began delivering mail."

Guilford, Maine - BUSINESSES - Page 3 of 3

"The railroad was used for both passenger and freight trains. Before it was built the railroad lines were either woods, towns, or fields."

Scarborough: They Called It Owascoag - Historical Overview - Page 2 of 4

"By the 1870s, sixty-five trains a day transported passengers and freight in and out of Portland and through Scarborough."

Lubec, Maine - Lubec History

"The inn that offered accommodations to passengers arriving in Lubec still stands today on Pleasant Street. Herring being transported, Lubec, ca."

Islesboro--An Island in Penobscot Bay - Historical Overview

"… the mid-1800s, steamboats were used to transport passengers and freight to the island. Wharves were built at several points on the island for the…"

Bath's Historic Downtown - History Overview

"… R.R.’s property and removed the 19th-century passenger station. Maine Central Railroad then contracted for replacing that station in 1941 with a…"

Lubec, Maine - Timeline

"… to East Machias completed • Stage coaches for passengers run by William Chaloner who also kept a hotel in Lubec • First Christian Church built in…"

Islesboro--An Island in Penobscot Bay - Early Settlements

"It's wharf was busy transporting passengers and cargo to the mid-section of the island. Hewes Point consisted of a steamboat wharf, two dozen small…"

Cumberland & North Yarmouth - Our Shared History - Page 3 of 4

"In addition to passenger service, including monthly commuter ticket-holders, the line allowed West Cumberland’s farmers to ship their milk and farm…"

Cumberland & North Yarmouth - "Main Streets" of North Yarmouth and Cumberland

"… and family after 1796 and catered to stagecoach passengers, drovers, and peddlers. Horses were cared for in the taverns' stables."