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Description
Rigby Yard was the base of the Maine Central Railroad, and the location of the interchange with the Boston and Maine line. Rigby Yard was built in 1923 on the site of a former horse racing track. By the 1980s, 75,000 cars a year were coming into Rigby Yard.
About This Item
- Title: Rigby Yard, South Portland, 1974
- Creation Date: 1974-11-05
- Subject Date: 1974-11-05
- Location: South Portland, Cumberland County, ME
- Media: Photographic print
- Dimensions: 20.4 cm x 25.2 cm
- Local Code: MS 90-120
- Object Type: Image
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Standardized Subject Headings
- Rigby Yard (South Portland, Me.)--Aerial photographs
- Maine Central Railroad (Me.)--Aerial photographs
- Railroads--Maine
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