Category: Transportation, Rail, Trains
Item 5788
Grand Trunk locomotive, ca. 1875
Contributed by: Maine Historical Society Date: circa 1875 Media: Photographic print
Item 5898
Grand Trunk Railroad engine 255, Portland, ca. 1870
Contributed by: Maine Historical Society Date: circa 1870 Location: Portland Media: Albumen 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
Princeton: Woods and Water Built This Town
Princeton benefited from its location on a river -- the St. Croix -- that was useful for transportation of people and lumber and for powering mills as well as on its proximity to forests.
Site Page
Presque Isle: The Star City - John R Braden
"John R Braden Presque Isle Historical Society If one were to look up when standing in front of the ticket booth at the Braden Theatre on Main…"
Site Page
Presque Isle: The Star City - Northern Maine Fair Memories - Page 2 of 3
"Northern Maine Fair Memories Presque Isle Historical Society Some buildings that Dot’s construction company built for the Northern Maine Fair…"
Story
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
Story
How Mon-Oncle France came to Les-États
by Michael Parent
How Mon-Oncle France came to the United States.
