Maine Memory Network

Seashore Trolley Museum

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

"… needed, as was additional supplies of steam and electricity, as well as an increased ability to recover chemicals."

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

"Power now was in abundance such that electrical power was made available for many miles from its point of origin."

Highlighting Historical Hampden - Shipyards

"The Railway Company also leased ten acres of land in Hampden and operated Riverside Park, a rustic amusement park built on the banks high above the…"

Biddeford History & Heritage Project - VII. Flow and ebb: the effects of industrial peak & global upheaval (1900-1955) - Page 1 of 3

"… electric lights (1886), the horse-drawn and then electric street railway (1888, 1892). Additionally there was a huge and thriving arts scene in the…"

Brick Store Museum

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Highlighting Historical Hampden - Riverside Park

"The Bangor, Hampden & Winterport Electric Company trolley, Hampden, circa 1900Hampden Historical Society Easily accessible from Bangor and Brewer by…"

Presque Isle: The Star City - Aroostook Valley Railroad

"… to connect with both the Canadian Pacific Railway and the Bangor & Aroostook Railroad. On June 20, 1910, the Certificate of Safety was issued for…"

Highlighting Historical Hampden - Expansion

"The Railway Company also leased ten acres of land in Hampden and operated Riverside Park, a rustic amusement park built on the banks high above the…"

Kennebunkport Historical Society

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

"… Electric Rail In 1894 the Portland and Yarmouth Electric Railway, along what is currently Route 88 in Cumberland Foreside, was chartered."

Presque Isle: The Star City - Arthur R. Gould

"The electric company did just that in 1891. The electric company was still struggling to turn a profit and asked Gould for advice."

Presque Isle: The Star City - History of Presque Isle

"In 1881, the New Brunswick Railway System (later known as the Canadian Pacific Railroad) steamed into town allowing for starch to be shipped south…"

Farmington: Franklin County's Shiretown - Brief History

"… influenced the development of an efficient railway system in the area throughout the later 1800s."

Islesboro--An Island in Penobscot Bay - Historical Overview

"… time for the middle and upper classes, improved railway and steamship lines made Maine more accessible, and many families sought to escape the…"