Maine Memory Network

Presque Isle: The Star City - Aroostook Valley Railroad

"… that coal would be too expensive and thought an electric railroad was the way to go. He approached the group that controlled the Aroostook Falls in…"

Lincoln, Maine - Railroads

"Spikes are the things that hold the railroad track together. The train fell off the tracks in my yard once when I was little, and it rolled over."

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

"It was an electric railroad known as the Aroostook Valley Rail Road, or AVR. It also had its own train station."

Scarborough: They Called It Owascoag - Transportation Through the Years - Page 2 of 4

"Like the railroads, trolley lines connected with one another, allowing passengers to travel greater distances."

Presque Isle: The Star City - Arthur R. Gould

"He approached the group that controlled the Aroostook Falls in New Brunswick. The Bangor & Aroostook Railroad saw this as a threat to business and…"

Lincoln, Maine - View of Lincoln from Ballard Hill, ca. 1913

"On the extreme right, the railroad tracks can be seen on West Broadway. Left of the tracks, the white house with the big set of barns is what is now…"

Presque Isle: The Star City - Harvesting Potatoes - Page 8 of 13

"This ticket will help the farmer keep track of the number of barrels the potato picker filled. Most potato barrel trucks had a ticket box like this…"

Historic Hallowell - The Opening & Closing of Hallowell's Shoe Companies

"… in 1894, expanding it all the way to the railroad tracks. The factory, which made ladies shoes of many styles, was very successful and was a…"

Mount Desert Island: Shaped by Nature - Rustication

"Bar Harbor had its own horse track and a golf course where, in 1910, President William Howard Taft would play."