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Historical Items

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Item 10415

Railroad Tie Inspector's Kit

Contributed by: Oakfield Historical Society Date: circa 1920 Location: Oakfield Media: Wood, metal

Item 14508

Bangor and Aroostook Railroad track repair, lifting track, c. 1955

Contributed by: Oakfield Historical Society Date: 1956 Location: Littleton Media: Photographic print

Item 17440

Bangor and Aroostook Railroad track repair, ca. 1955

Contributed by: Oakfield Historical Society Date: circa 1955 Media: Photographic print

Online Exhibits

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Exhibit

Writing Women

Published women authors with ties to Maine are too numerous to count. They have made their marks in all types of literature.

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.

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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.

Site Pages

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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…"

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Life on a Tidal River - Early Railroads in Bangor - Page 1 of 2

"Penobscot River Railroad The Penobscot River Railroad was a “railroad that never was”. It was chartered by the state in 1836 to go from Bucksport to…"

My Maine Stories

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Growing up DownEast
by Darrin MC Mclellan

Stories of growing up Downeast