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Presque Isle: The Star City - History of Presque Isle

"… Andrew Carnegie Foundation, the Aroostook Valley Railroad (an electric railroad that connected residents to nearby towns), the Northern Maine…"

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Presque Isle: The Star City - Bangor and Aroostook GP-38, Presque Isle, 1991

"… Description Bangor and Aroostook Railroad's engine 94, the last GP-38 purchased from General Motors Electro-motive Division (EMD), was…"

Presque Isle: The Star City - Harvesting Potatoes - Page 1 of 13

"With the arrival of railroads, new markets were opened for Aroostook potatoes and starch. Railroading began in Aroostook with a short line from…"

Presque Isle: The Star City - Transportation

"… came to Presque Isle in 1881 followed by the Bangor and Aroostook Railroad in 1894. In the mid-1930's the Presque Isle Airfield was developed."

Western Maine Foothills Region - Hugh J. Chisholm, Sr. - Page 1 of 2

"… Light and Water Company, Rumford Falls Woolen Company, Rumford Falls Realty Company, and, finally, Oxford Paper Company (which was to become a…"

Strong, a Mussul Unsquit village - "Fly Rod" Crosby - Page 2 of 3

"Visitors to the museum can still ride the railroad along the Sandy River, albeit only for a limited distance."

Presque Isle: The Star City - Electric generator delivery, Presque Isle, 1959

"The Aroostook Trust Company building in the background is at the corner of Main Street and Chapman Road, Presque Isle."

Presque Isle: The Star City - National Community Christmas Tree - 1959

"Carlton Corliss of the Association of American Railroads and Congressman Clifford G. McIntire suggested that Presque Isle bid for the right to…"

Strong, a Mussul Unsquit village - Wood Products of Strong

"When the route of the narrow gauge railroad through Freeman was established several miles from the mill, it was apparent that he could not benefit…"

Strong, a Mussul Unsquit village - "Fly Rod" Crosby - Page 1 of 3

"… York, where she advocated for the Narrow Gauge Railroad as a means of accessing bountiful fishing and hunting grounds in the Western Maine…"

Western Maine Foothills Region - For The Love Of Paper - Page 1 of 4

"… paper when he sold newspapers on the expanding railroad lines. Within only a few years, Hugh and his brother, the “Chisholm Brothers”, had…"

Presque Isle: The Star City - Phair House, the Bellstead and the Social Security Building

"The building was called the Bellstead because the telephone company owned it. In 1958, the Bellstead was closed and torn down in 1962."

Strong, a Mussul Unsquit village - Strong's History - Page 1 of 4

"Wood-fired locomotives of the Narrow Gauge Railroad brought tourists and fueled other industries, giving way only when automobiles and trucks became…"

Western Maine Foothills Region - Mexico - Page 2 of 3

"With the construction of the Oxford Paper Company in the planning stages, he could see that there would be a shortage of housing."

Presque Isle: The Star City - Northern Maine Fair Memories - Page 2 of 3

"… Society Some buildings that Dot’s construction company built for the Northern Maine Fair were the Forum, the eatery, the restrooms, and the…"

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

"… & Saco Railroad Company to those of the Portland Railroad Company.(2) Scarborough would have trolley service at last! The connection was originally…"

Strong, a Mussul Unsquit village - Grand Army of the Republic

"Also the railroads offered scheduled special trains along with rare discounted rates. G.A.R. PicnicStrong Historical Society The second…"

Strong, a Mussul Unsquit village - Strong's History - Page 3 of 4

"… today! Larger deliveries came through the railroad station at the base of Norton Hill. Lucky residents might collect a box of fresh bananas and…"

Presque Isle: The Star City - Dairy Farms Memories - Page 1 of 2

"… was in high school, he worked at the JJ Newberry Company as a stock boy and cleaner. He also worked for his father by cutting down trees and making…"

Bath's Historic Downtown - Student Exhibits

"… and Grant Building The Patten Free Library The Railroad Station Sagadahoc Block and Sagadahock House The Sagadahoc County Courthouse 94 Front…"

Western Maine Foothills Region - Peru

"… banks of the Androscoggin River, bounded by the railroad, stood Peru’s largest business, the factory known first as Berst Foster, Dixfield Company…"

Scarborough: They Called It Owascoag - Transportation Through the Years - Page 1 of 4

"The railroad company, a wholly owned subsidiary of the Eastern Railroad, was the first link between Portland and Boston and points south."

Bath's Historic Downtown - Columbian Block

"… the Bath Street Railroad, Bath Gas and Electric company, and the New England Ship Building Company. Galen C."