Trolley Crew Clearing Snow, Cape Porpoise, ca. 1910
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Kennebunkport Historical Society
Heavy Maine snowfalls historically have challenged all forms of transportation. At times, horse-drawn sleigh traffic was limited to those roads where deep snows had been compacted by horse-drawn rollers.
In order to keep rails clear, locomotive-powered snowplows and sweepers removed snow for trolleys.
In the worst blizzards, even trolleys foundered. The 1932 Easter blizzard, for example, caused more than 20 trolley cars to derail in York County.
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