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Item 6018

Bangor Railway & Electric Co. No. 76, ca. 1920

Contributed by: Maine Historical Society Date: circa 1920 Location: Bangor Media: Photographic print

Item 59764

Kittery to York Beach electric railroad lines, ca. 1923

Contributed by: Seashore Trolley Museum Date: circa 1923 Location: York; Kittery Media: Ink on paper

Item 59801

Freeport electric railroads map, ca. 1929

Contributed by: Seashore Trolley Museum Date: circa 1929 Location: Freeport Media: Ink on paper

Tax Records

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Item 70930

Electric Building, Presumpscot Street (rear), Portland, 1924

Owner in 1924: Canadian National Railroad Use: Electric Building

Item 53348

84-184 Fore Street, Portland, 1924

Owner in 1924: Canadian National Railroad Use: Electric Building

Item 53350

84-184 Fore Street, Portland, 1924

Owner in 1924: Canadian National Railroad Use: Electric Building

Online Exhibits

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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

After the Theatre, Riverton Park, ca. 1905

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.

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Wired! How Electricity Came to Maine

As early as 1633, entrepreneurs along the Piscataqua River in southern Maine utilized the force of the river to power a sawmill, recognizing the potential of the area's natural power sources, but it was not until the 1890s that technology made widespread electricity a reality -- and even then, consumers had to be urged to use it.

Site Pages

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John Martin: Expert Observer - First electric railroad car in Bangor, 1889

"First electric railroad car in Bangor, 1889 Contributed by Maine Historical Society and Maine State Museum Description The first electric…"

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Presque Isle: The Star City - Aroostook Valley Railroad

"… that coal would be too expensive and thought an electric railroad was the way to go. He approached the group that controlled the Aroostook Falls in…"