Keywords: Railroad facilities
Item 19577
Danforth Railroad Bridge, 1907
Contributed by: An individual through East Grand School Date: 1907 Location: Danforth Media: Postcard
Item 19581
Railroad tracks by mills, Danforth
Contributed by: An individual through East Grand School Date: circa 1930 Location: Danforth Media: Photographic print
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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.
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Passing the Time: Artwork by World War II German POWs
In 1944, the US Government established Camp Houlton, a prisoner of war (POW) internment camp for captured German soldiers during World War II. Many of the prisoners worked on local farms planting and harvesting potatoes. Some created artwork and handicrafts they sold or gave to camp guards. Camp Houlton processed and held about 3500 prisoners and operated until May 1946.
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Strong, a Mussul Unsquit village - The Railroad
"Click for Railroad Photos The new railroad had an immediate and profound impact. Mills built along the railroad made Strong the logging community it…"
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Bath's Historic Downtown - The Railroad Station
"Train Ferry Hercules, Bath, ca. 1908Patten Free Library Before the current railroad station, in 1871, MCRR built a station at almost the same…"