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S.L.& S.J. RR locomotive on scow at Seboomook, Moosehead Lake

S.L.& S.J. RR locomotive on scow at Seboomook, Moosehead Lake

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Seboomook Lake and St. John Railroad (S.L.& S.J. RR) locomotive on a scow is landing at Seboomook Wharf, Moosehead Lake in the early 1920s. The short-lived S.L.& S.J. Railroad was built for the purpose of hauling pulpwood eighteen miles from the St. John waters to the waters of the Penobscot River. Equipment was moved up Moosehead Lake by scow to Northwest Carry to build the railroad.

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