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Maine's Swedish Colony, July 23, 1870 - The Colony Continues to Grow, 1874 - 1900
"A second rail line, the Aroostook Valley Rail Road (AVR), was completed ca. 1910. Winter Carnival arrivals, New Sweden, 1936New Sweden…"
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Farmington: Franklin County's Shiretown - Lowell's General Store, Commerce, & the Railroad
"The narrow gauge rail system that was laid, came from a bankrupt railroad between Bedford and Billerica, MA."
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Maine's Swedish Colony, July 23, 1870 - Maine Railroads
"The rail ran from Bangor, went north to Houlton, and then to the border of Canada at New Brunswick. The rail continued north to Madawaska, running…"
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Historic Hallowell - Natural Resource to Finished Product
"… house, storehouse, boiler-house with stack and a rail siding. Workers produced building stones, paving stones and statuary and monuments."
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John Martin: Expert Observer - Plan of North End of Bangor, 1844
"… this "Plan of the North End as it was from the Rail Road Bridge to Nath Harlows March 11th 1844." Martin (1823-1904), an accountant, shopkeeper…"
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"The passenger rail first went from Old Town to Lincoln, and was later expanded to Bangor. The rail was used by sports teams to go to out of town…"
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Mount Desert Island: Shaped by Nature - Green Mountain Railway
"… Railway Lithograph of Green Mountain Rail Road TrainGreat Harbor Maritime Museum In the 1880s railways were one of the most popular modes of…"
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Historic Hallowell - Train Wreck Of 1937
"The total numbers of cars that went off the rails were three. One rolled in to Mr. Frank Moore’s home next to the library and caused very little…"
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Historic Hallowell - Industry and Immigrants-A Changing Community
"… and coal to its steam plant, but soon switched to rail. Soon, reliable transportation attracted other industries such as oilcloth factories, iron…"
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Swan's Island: Six miles east of ordinary - Quarrying
"Quarry rails, Swan's Island, ca. 1900Swan's Island Historical Society These stones were known as the "New York" or "Philadelphia" sized paving…"
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John Martin: Expert Observer - John Martin store, Center Street, Bangor, 1862
"… both coppies before me now." The store was by the Rail Road Bridge. View additional information about this item on the Maine Memory Network."
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John Martin: Expert Observer - James Dunning, Bangor, ca. 1867
"… store and was involved in efforts to build a rail line from Bangor to Waterville. That project included stock sales on which most investors lost…"
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Early Maine Photography - Art - Page 2 of 2
"… posed young woman set against a classical railing and trees as if in the outdoors. The outdoor effect is especially evident in a tintype of a man…"
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Cumberland & North Yarmouth - Our Shared History - Page 3 of 4
"… carnations and snapdragons that were shipped by rail to markets in Boston and Bangor. The business ran from 1927-1959, operated successively by…"
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Swan's Island: Six miles east of ordinary - Baird's Quarry history
"Quarry rails from the quarry dock to the quarry, Swan's Island, ca. 1900Swan's Island Historical Society The pinkish buff granite from it was medium…"
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Maine's Swedish Colony, July 23, 1870 - Landeen Family History
"They would tell the story of how he could lift a rail road axle and turn it all the way around by himself. Source material from Joyce Landeen"
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Historic Hallowell - Nature's Bounty - Raw Material, Close at Hand
"… during shipment (by ship, and after 1852, by rail) in crates produced in the woodworking shops both at the quarry sites and at the granite works in…"
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Thomaston: The Town that Went to Sea - Prison Industries
"Surplus produce was shipped via rail to Augusta for use in other state institutions. This led to the purchase of a prison farm in nearby Warren, run…"
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John Martin: Expert Observer - Joseph Mitchell and Mutual Store wagon, Bangor, 1865
"… "Scrap & Sketch Book," which he began in 1864, railed against the "mutual" idea as "one of the greatest humbugs that the merchants and citizens of…"
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Western Maine Foothills Region - Hugh J. Chisholm, Sr. - Page 2 of 2
"… that he had attended the dedication via special rail car, returning to Portland and then to his New York City apartment."
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Historic Clothing Collection - Mid to Late Nineteenth Century
"Improved water and rail transport speeded and increased distribution of raw materials, finished goods—and fashion news—to remote or newly settled…"
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Cumberland & North Yarmouth - Population Decline in Maine's Coastal Counties
"… the market for fresh fish, and the expansion of rail lines resulted in a greater distribution of product."
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Farmington: Franklin County's Shiretown - Agriculture
"The Rail Road comes to West Farmington By the 1850’s, there was “such prosperity and contentment” that no one was selling their farm."