Keywords: Boston and Maine Railroad
Item 104210
College football games at Boston excursion flyer, 1931
Contributed by: Maine Historical Society Date: 1931-10-07 Location: Boston Media: Ink on paper
Item 51429
Boston & Maine Railroad train, Biddeford, 1874
Contributed by: Dyer Library/Saco Museum Date: 1874 Location: Biddeford Media: Photographic print
Item 86106
Fertilizer Building, B and M Wharf, Portland, 1924
Owner in 1924: Boston and Maine Railroad Use: Fertilizer Building
Item 86110
Lumber Storage, B and M Wharf, Portland, 1924
Owner in 1924: Boston and Maine Railroad Use: Lumber Storage
Exhibit
These stories -- that stretch from 1999 back to 1759 -- take you from an amusement park to the halls of Congress. There are inventors, artists, showmen, a railway agent, a man whose civic endeavors helped shape Portland, a man devoted to the pursuit of peace and one known for his military exploits, Maine's first novelist, a woman who recorded everyday life in detail, and an Indian who survived a British attack.
Exhibit
J.A. Poor and the Portland-Montreal Connection
John A. Poor's determination in 1845 to bring rail service to Maine and to make Portland the winter port for Montreal, along with the steel foundry he started to build locomotives and many other products, helped boost the economy of Portland the state.
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Mantor Library, University of Maine Farmington
View collections, facts, and contact information for this Contributing Partner.
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Life on a Tidal River - Early Railroads in Bangor - Page 1 of 2
"Penobscot River Railroad The Penobscot River Railroad was a “railroad that never was”. It was chartered by the state in 1836 to go from Bucksport to…"
Story
John Coyne from Waterville Enlists as a Railroad Man in WWI
by Mary D. Coyne
Description of conditions railroad men endured and family background on John Coyne.
Story
Reverend Thomas Smith of First Parish Portland
by Kristina Minister, Ph.D.
Pastor, Physician, Real Estate Speculator, and Agent for Wabanaki Genocide
