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Keywords: Rail road
Historical Items Showing 3 of 213 View All
Item 21729
Title: Train Number 1 for Green Mountain Rail Road
Contributed by: Great Harbor Maritime Museum
Date: circa 1890
Location: Bar Harbor
Media: Photograph
Item 8786
Title: Old Orchard Road, Saco,1939
Contributed by: Seashore Trolley Museum
Date: 1939
Location: Saco
Media: Photoprint
Item 29383
Title: Black Point Road, Scarborough, ca. 1900
Contributed by: Scarborough Historical Society & Museum
Date: circa 1900
Location: Scarborough
Media: Photograph
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Item 54277
Item 54278
Item 76658
Address: 768-784 Stevens Avenue, Portland
Owner in 1924: Portland Rail Road Company
Use: Storage - Sand
Exhibits Showing 2 of 2 View All
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.
Exhibit
Many different types of trolley cars -- for different weather, different uses, and different locations -- were in use in Maine between 1895-1940. The "field guide" explains what each type looked like and how it was used.
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Site
Scarborough: They Called It Owascoag
The history of a 350+-year-old city south of Portland, the Scarborough site was constructed by representatives from Scarborough Historical Society, Scarborough Middle School, and Scarborough Public Library. Exhibits include the marsh, transportation and roads, shipyards and shipwrecks, clamming and lobstering, famous residents, and education.