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Keywords: Railroads
Historical Items Showing 3 of 1669 View All
Item 4231
Title: Sandy River Railroad trestle, Strong
Contributed by: Maine Historical Society
Location: Strong
Media: Black and white photograph
Item 19581
Title: Railroad tracks by mills, Danforth
Contributed by: East Grand School
Date: circa 1930
Location: Danforth
Media: Photograph
Item 79684
Title: Railroad roundhouse, Rumford, 1892
Contributed by: Greater Rumford Area Historical Society
Date: 1892
Location: Rumford
Media: photograph
Tax Records Showing 3 of 104 View All
Item 53355
Address: 84-184 Fore Street, Portland
Owner in 1924: Canadian National Railroad
Use: Railroad - Station
Item 53356
Address: 84-184 Fore Street, Portland
Owner in 1924: Grand Trunk Railroad Co.
Use: Railroad - Platforms
Item 70922
Address: Presumpscot Street (rear), Portland
Owner in 1924: Canadian National Railroad
Use: Railroad Y.M.C.A.
Exhibits Showing 3 of 14 View All
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Construction of the Bangor and Aroostook rail lines into northern Aroostook County in the early twentieth century opened the region to tourism and commerce from the south.
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Reuben Ruby: Hackman, Activist
Reuben Ruby of Portland operated a hack in the city, using his work to earn a living and to help carry out his activist interests, especially abolition and the Underground Railroad.
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Black soldiers served in Maine during World War II, assigned in small numbers throughout the state to guard Grand Trunk rail lines from a possible German attack. The soldiers, who lived in railroad cars near their posts often interacted with local residents.
Sites Showing 3 of 7 View All
Site
The history of a northern Maine community as told by an array of local institutions and organizations. Site contributors include University of Maine at Presque Isle, Presque Isle Historical Society, Mark and Emily Turner Memorial Library, Presque Isle Middle School. Some of the topics include historic buildings, potato farming, transportation and the Aroostook Valley Railroad.
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An introduction to Bangor history as depicted by a broad-based group of city institutions and organizations. Partners included the middle-level William S. Cohen and James F. Doughty Schools, Bangor High School, Bangor Public Library, Bangor Museum and Center for History, and individual city historians. Topics covered include early railroads, natural disasters, the Brady Gang, the Civil War, and the 1940s.
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