Maine Memory Network

Biddeford Knights Templar on St. John's Day, 1916

Contributed by: McArthur Public Library Date: 1916 Location: Biddeford Media: Photographic print

Atlantic and St. Lawrence Railroad expenses, 1845

Contributed by: Maine Historical Society Date: 1845 Media: Ink on paper

218-226 St. John Street, Portland, 1924

Owner in 1924: Portland & Ogdensburg Railroad Use: Yard Office

218-238 St. John Street, Portland, 1924

Owner in 1924: Maine Central Railroad Use: Offices

Brown Memorial Library, Clinton, 1903

Contributed by: Maine Historical Society Date: 1899–1903 Location: Clinton; Clinton Client: Town of Clinton Architect: John Calvin Stevens

The Samoset, Rockport, 1917

Contributed by: Maine Historical Society Date: 1917 Location: Rockport Client: The Samoset Architect: John Calvin Stevens and John Howard Stevens Architects

Aroostook County Railroads

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.

The Barns of the St. John River Valley: Maine's Crowning Jewels

Maine's St. John River Valley boasts a unique architectural landscape. A number of historical factors led to the proliferation of a local architectural style, the Madawaska twin barn, as well as a number of building techniques rarely seen elsewhere. Today, these are in danger of being lost to time.

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…"

John Martin: Expert Observer - Illustrations

"… balloon ascension in Bangor, the first street railroad, the first gunboat up the Penobscot, his children, himself, his house and gardens, chairs he…"

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.

An enjoyable conference, Portland 2021
by John C. Decker, Danville, Pennsylvania

Some snippets from a 4-day conference by transportation historians in Portland, September 7-11, 2021