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Description
"Plows were an important railroad item, especially for the northern U.S. roads. Here we see a wooden Fitchburg & Leominster Railroad wing plow needed to clear the line and push the snow well back to make room for the inevitable next snowfall." - Fletcher, David H. 'The Portland Company 1846-1982. Charlest, S.C. : Arcadia Pub., 2002. 41. The Portland Company built this plow for the Fitchburg & Leominster Railroad, January 2, 1886.
About This Item
- Title: Fitchburg & Leominster RR, Wedge & Wing plow, 1886
- Creation Date: 1886-01-02
- Subject Date: 1886-01-02
- Location: Portland, Cumberland County, ME
- Media: Albumen print
- Local Code: Coll. 242, Box 37-36
- Collection: Portland Company records
- Object Type: Image
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Standardized Subject Headings
- Locomotives--Maine
- Locomotive industry
- Fitchburg and Leominster Railroad Company--Photographs
- Portland Company (Portland, Me.)
- Railroad equipment industry
- Locomotives--Massachusetts
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