Keywords: Southern Railroad
Item 13320
Bangor and Aroostook Railroad trestle, Houlton - 1894
Contributed by: Aroostook County Historical and Art Museum Date: 1894 Location: Houlton Media: Photographic print
Item 66974
Maine Central Railroad, Winslow Depot, 1936
Contributed by: Winslow Historical Preservation Committee Date: 1936 Location: Winslow Media: Photographic print
Exhibit
Student Exhibit: Somerset Railroad
The Somerset Railroad was completed in 1872. It started out as a dream to link the Maine Coast with Canadian businesses to the north. It ran from the North Woods around Moosehead Lake down to Southern Maine and back again for 56 years.
Exhibit
Wired! How Electricity Came to Maine
As early as 1633, entrepreneurs along the Piscataqua River in southern Maine utilized the force of the river to power a sawmill, recognizing the potential of the area's natural power sources, but it was not until the 1890s that technology made widespread electricity a reality -- and even then, consumers had to be urged to use it.
Site Page
Strong, a Mussul Unsquit village - The Railroad
"Click for Railroad Photos The new railroad had an immediate and profound impact. Mills built along the railroad made Strong the logging community it…"
Site Page
Presque Isle: The Star City - Harvesting Potatoes - Page 1 of 13
"… Art Museum, Presque Isle Historical Society and Southern Aroostook Agricultural Museum Harvesting Potatoes by hand, Aroostook County, ca."
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
History of Forest Gardens
by Gary Libby
This is a history of one of Portland's oldest local bars
