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Title: Atlantic and St. Lawrence Railroad expenses, 1845

Contributed by: Maine Historical Society

Date: 1845

Media: Ink on paper

Title: St. John Valley, Van Buren

Contributed by: Maine Historical Society

Date: circa 1900

Location: Van Buren; Van Buren

Media: Glass negative

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

Contributed by: McArthur Public Library

Date: 1916

Location: Biddeford

Media: photograph

Address: 218-226 St. John Street, Portland

Owner in 1924: Portland & Ogdensburg Railroad

Use: Yard Office

Address: 218-238 St. John Street, Portland

Owner in 1924: Maine Central Railroad

Use: Offices

Address: 218-238 St. John Street, Portland

Owner in 1924: Maine Central Railroad

Use: Duplicate

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.

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.