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Historical Items

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Item 15857

Springvale Depot Freight Wagon before 1908

Contributed by: Sanford-Springvale Historical Society Date: circa 1905 Location: Sanford Media: Print from Glass Negative

Item 21694

Atlantic Shore Line Cars Loaded With Coal, Springvale, ca. 1905

Contributed by: Sanford-Springvale Historical Society Date: circa 1905 Location: Sanford Media: Print from Glass Negative

Item 14223

Atlantic Shore Line Railway, Biddeford, ca. 1904

Contributed by: Maine Historical Society Date: circa 1904 Location: Biddeford Media: Photographic print

Online Exhibits

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Trolley Travel

Trolleys were the cleanest and most efficient means of mass transit Maine has ever known.

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Designing Acadia

For one hundred years, Acadia National Park has captured the American imagination and stood as the most recognizable symbol of Maine’s important natural history and identity. This exhibit highlights Maine Memory content relating to Acadia and Mount Desert Island.

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History in Motion: The Era of the Electric Railways

Street railways, whether horse-drawn or electric, required the building of trestles and tracks. The new form of transportation aided industry, workers, vacationers, and other travelers.

Site Pages

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Scarborough: They Called It Owascoag - Transportation Through the Years - Page 2 of 4

"… where there was a shed for interchange with the Atlantic Shore Railroad to York County points.(5) Rising operating costs and increasing use of…"

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Swan's Island: Six miles east of ordinary - Islanders at Work

"Spurling’s Wharf on the Atlantic side was a factory that baited trawlers coming into Mackerel Cove. Swan’s Island fishermen worked hard and were…"

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Scarborough: They Called It Owascoag - Catch of the Day: Clamming and Lobstering - Page 4 of 4

"… boundary of the coast, working closely with the Atlantic States Marine Fisheries Commission, a compact of fifteen eastern seaboard states."