Maine Memory Network

Rockland Historical Society

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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."

Thomaston Historical Society

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Maine Historical Society

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Farmington: Franklin County's Shiretown - The Abbott School

"… Society One of the most ambitious projects was a railroad built on the property. It consisted of a double wooden track running from behind the…"

Lubec, Maine - Klondike: Lubec's Gold from Sea Water Hoax

"… Italian immigrants who had been working on the railroad in Machias, were drawn to the project with promises of high wages."

Farmington: Franklin County's Shiretown - Agriculture

"And when the railroad entered West Farmington in 1859, Farmington’s agricultural landscape took another giant step."

Farmington: Franklin County's Shiretown - Founding of the Farmington State Normal School

"… to $2.50 per week,” and with the Androscoggin Railroad to transport students to and from the School."

Colby College Special Collections

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Farmington: Franklin County's Shiretown - Education

"… he developed, and his association with a new railroad. School Books William Whittier's Day Book circa 1845 This shows Whittier selling to Wm."

Acadian Archives

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Mantor Library, University of Maine Farmington

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