Locomotive, Wiscasset engine house, 1931

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Locomotive, Wiscasset engine house, 1931

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"Here we see Wiscasset, Waterville & Farmington Railway locomotive No. 3 simmering beside the engine house. Originally built in Portland for the Wiscasset & Quebec Railroad as shop No. 627 in 1894, it was the next-to-last steam locomotive ever to be built by the Portland Company. Only two Portland locomotives are known to stil exist. One is a sister to the above engine, and one is a standard-gauge Canadian National Railroad engine and is at a museum in Ottowa."--Fletcher, David H. 'The Portland Company 1846-1982.' Charleston, S.C. : Arcadia Pub., 2002. 37.

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  • Title: Locomotive, Wiscasset engine house, 1931
  • Creation Date: circa 1900
  • Subject Date: circa 1900
  • Locations:
    • Wiscasset, Lincoln County, ME
    • Portland, Cumberland County, ME
    • Wiscasset, Lincoln County, ME
    • Portland, Cumberland County, ME
  • Media: Photoprint
  • Dimensions: 17 cm x 22 cm
  • Local Code: Coll. 242, Box 29 2-11
  • Collection: Portland Company records
  • Object Type: Image

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