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Presque Isle: The Star City - Aroostook Valley Railroad and Maine Public Service Company building, Presque Isle, 1921

"The building is still the offices for Maine Public Service Company. View additional information about this item on the Maine Memory Network."

Strong, a Mussul Unsquit village - The Railroad

"Click for Railroad Photos The new railroad had an immediate and profound impact. Mills built along the railroad made Strong the logging community it…"

Bath's Historic Downtown - The Railroad Station

"Train Ferry Hercules, Bath, ca. 1908Patten Free Library Before the current railroad station, in 1871, MCRR built a station at almost the same…"

Presque Isle: The Star City - Aroostook Valley Railroad

"… Articles of Association for the Aroostook Valley Railroad were submitted to the Maine Railroad Commission on June 24, 1902 and approved just one…"

Presque Isle: The Star City - Bangor and Aroostook Railroad

"The railroad is now located behind Riverside Restaurant. It is still used as a freight railroad, but doesn’t carry passengers."

Presque Isle: The Star City - Canadian and Pacific Railroad

"Canadian and Pacific Railroad Text by Megan and Madison, students at Presque Isle Middle School Edited by Presque Isle Historical Society X…"

Presque Isle: The Star City - Aroostook Valley Railroad and Maine Public Service Building

"… Isle Historical Society Aroostook Valley Railroad and Maine Public Service Company building, Presque Isle, 1921Presque Isle Historical Society…"

Presque Isle: The Star City - Sears and Roebuck Company Building

"Sears and Roebuck Company Building Text by Logan and Tyler, students at Presque Isle Middle School Images from X Sears and Roebuck Company is…"

Presque Isle: The Star City - Bangor and Aroostook Railroad Bus Service, Presque Isle, 1957

"Bangor and Aroostook Railroad's magazine, "Maine Line," v. 5 #5, pp. 4-8; v. 6, #1, pp. 4-7. Note the Braden Theater and Al's Food Shop on Main…"

Presque Isle: The Star City - Aroostook Valley Railroad Trestle, ca. 1910

"Aroostook Valley Railroad Trestle, ca. 1910 Contributed by Presque Isle Historical Society Description This photo shows the Aroostook…"

Presque Isle: The Star City - Potato Service Company, Presque Isle, c. 1965

"Potato Service Company, Presque Isle, c. 1965 Contributed by Oakfield Historical Society Description Aerial view of Potato Service…"

Life on a Tidal River - Early Railroads in Bangor - Page 2 of 2

"Augusta, Maine Central Railroad Company, 1947. Print. President Grant Visit Bangor Daily Whig and Courier (Newspaper) October 14, 1871 through…"

Presque Isle: The Star City - Mono Aircraft Company, Presque Isle, 1935

"Linn, president of the Linn Tractor Company, Morris, N.Y. The photo was taken at Presque Isle's airport in 1935. Linn was a native of Washburn."

Presque Isle: The Star City - Bangor and Aroostook Railroad Train Crossing the Aroostook River Bridge, Presque Isle, c. 1990

"Bangor and Aroostook Railroad Train Crossing the Aroostook River Bridge, Presque Isle, c. 1990 Contributed by Oakfield Historical Society…"

Life on a Tidal River - Early Railroads in Bangor - Page 1 of 2

"Penobscot River Railroad The Penobscot River Railroad was a “railroad that never was”. It was chartered by the state in 1836 to go from Bucksport to…"

Western Maine Foothills Region - Continental Paper Bag Company

"Sources: The Continental Paper Bag Company press, 1905 H. Schedler Photo Engraving, New York Kiesling Bros. Press, New York"

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

"In 1935, it was Hy-style Shoe Company. From 1940 to 1962, The Hallowell Shoe Company was run by Samuel Kleven."

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

"Maine Railroads Bangor and Aroostook Railroad Station, New Sweden, 1918Nylander Museum In 1858 Aroostook County Maine had a great chance of…"

Farmington: Franklin County's Shiretown - Lowell's General Store, Commerce, & the Railroad

"By 1879, this standard gauge railroad connected with the Sandy River Narrow Gauge Company rail system."

Farmington: Franklin County's Shiretown - Railroad into the Village

"… and other forces leave them alone, the present railroad company and all concerned in the construction of the bridge, will have passed away long…"

Presque Isle: The Star City - Loading ice, Presque Isle Stream, 1946

"… eventually were used to cool Bangor and Aroostook Railroad refrigerator cars for shipping potatoes. Cement blocks were manufactured in the small…"

Presque Isle: The Star City - Delivery of generators, Presque Isle, 1959

"… Description The Bangor and Aroostook Railroad delivers four diesel electric generators to Maine Public Service in Presque Isle."

Presque Isle: The Star City - Arthur R. Gould

"Aroostook Valley Railroad and Maine Public Service Company building, Presque Isle, 1921Presque Isle Historical Society Gould’s original plan was to…"

Presque Isle: The Star City - Bangor and Aroostook Train Station, Presque Isle, ca. 1908

"… Society Description Photograph shows railroad workers and clerks in a Bangor and Aroostook Railroad station."