Maine Memory Network

Blue Hill, Maine - In Search of the Rustic Life

"The father would take a train on Friday evening and spend the weekend with his family and go back on Sunday night by train and be ready for work on…"

Bath's Historic Downtown - The Sagadahock House and The Sagadahoc Block

"The Lewiston train should have been there a long time before both of the other trains except there was a delay with their flatbeds staying on the…"

Western Maine Foothills Region - Buckfield

"The train was a very popular part of the town. Along with the train, many industries began to come about in the 1900s."

Bath's Historic Downtown - Dreamland and Liberty

"… that occurred at the Dreamland was The Great Train Robbery. The successful show ended up selling out."

Biddeford History & Heritage Project - "Good the more communicated, the more abundant grows" : The Thursday Club

"… a means for the acquisition of knowledge, the training of power; and the working of a spirit of human solidarity, a comprehension of the continuity…"

Bath's Historic Downtown - Intersection of Centre and Washington

"The Carlton Bridge is now only used for trains, and the Sagadahoc Bridge now acts as the way to cross the Kennebec River by car, foot, or bicycle."

Western Maine Foothills Region - Peru

"West Peru Grammar School West Peru Grammar School, c.1940Peru Historical Society In 1991 Peru joined School Administration District 21 with…"

Blake Library Special Collections, UMFK

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Western Maine Foothills Region - A Man's Life in a Suitcase

"… should schedule a Funeral Director to meet the train in Rumford to pick up his body. Arrangements were made for John to be buried in the family…"

Lincoln, Maine - Steamboats

"The steamboat is about the size of a train and it’s so crowded that you can’t move very much. Sometimes people push others and I am worried about…"

Otisfield Historical Society

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Fryeburg Public Library

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Cumberland & North Yarmouth - Our Shared History - Page 2 of 4

"… ship transportation in Yarmouth was essential, as trains hadn’t yet come to the interior. The Town Hall, Masonic Lodge, North Yarmouth Academy, the…"

Cumberland & North Yarmouth - Our Shared History - Page 1 of 4

"When railroad lines were established, in later years, villages grew where train depots were located."

Lincoln, Maine - That Pioneer Spirit

"… firemen and the Steamer with hose was loaded on a train… [t] he train left Bangor at ten minutes of twelve and arrived at Lincoln about quarter…"

Lincoln, Maine - World War I

"A dough boy is a specially trained soldier who is able to fight one on one with the enemy. This is unlike most soldiers who fight in tanks or in…"

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

"Many trains stopped there each day to pick up local products, or to deliver dry goods, furniture and other items to local residents."

Maine Conservation Corps

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Malaga Island: a story best left untold - Explore photos from the "Malaga Island: A Story Best Left Untold" documentary

"… dug up, placed in five caskets, then shipped by train to the Maine School for the Feeble-Minded where they were re-buried."

Eastern Maine Medical Center

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Bath's Historic Downtown - History Overview

"This system of automobile and train ferries continued until the Carlton Bridge was built at the south end of downtown in 1927."

Lubec, Maine - Building the Roosevelt Bridge to Campobello - Page 1 of 3

"… across the two miles from Eastport, Maine’s train terminal. The Narrows between their beloved island and Lubec merited not a second thought."