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Item 26786

Narrow Gauge Depot, Harrison, ca. 1907

Contributed by: Seashore Trolley Museum Date: circa 1907 Location: Harrison Media: Postcard

Item 80854

Replica of Monson Narrow Gauge Engine Number 4, 1972

Contributed by: Monson Historical Society Date: 1972 Location: Monson Media: Photographic print

Item 80830

Narrow Gauge Engine at Water Street Station, Monson, ca. 1900

Contributed by: Monson Historical Society Date: circa 1900 Location: Monson Media: Photographic print

Online Exhibits

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Exhibit

Leaving the start gate at the Sugarloaf World Cup, 1971

World Alpine Ski Racing in Maine

Sugarloaf -- a small ski area by European standards -- entered ski racing history in 1971 by hosting an event that was part of the World Cup Alpine Ski Championships. The "Tall Timber Classic," as the event was known, had a decidedly Maine flavor.

Exhibit

Pulp pile, St. Croix Paper Co., Woodland, ca. 1910

Making Paper, Making Maine

Paper has shaped Maine's economy, molded individual and community identities, and impacted the environment throughout Maine. When Hugh Chisholm opened the Otis Falls Pulp Company in Jay in 1888, the mill was one of the most modern paper-making facilities in the country, and was connected to national and global markets. For the next century, Maine was an international leader in the manufacture of pulp and paper.

Exhibit

Passenger boat landing, Boothbay Harbor, ca. 1940

Lincoln County through the Eastern Eye

The Penobscot Marine Museum’s photography collections include nearly 50,000 glass plate negatives of images for "real photo" postcards produced by the Eastern Illustrating and Publishing Company of Belfast. This exhibit features postcards from Lincoln County.

Site Pages

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Sandy River and Rangeley Lakes Railroad station, Strong, ca. 1910

Strong, a Mussul Unsquit village - The Railroad

"… railroad would be too costly, so they used a “narrow gauge” system for smaller engines, with less expensive rails, ties, and spikes."

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Hotel Strong, with Forster Toothpick Mill beyond, Strong, ca. 1905

Strong, a Mussul Unsquit village - "Fly Rod" Crosby - Page 2 of 3

"… to and from the Rangeley Region on the Narrow Gauge Railroad. Strong Historical Society The Maine Central employed Crosby as a writer and sent her…"