Keywords: repair shop
Item 17847
Bangor and Aroostook Railroad's Houlton Repair Shop, ca. 1965
Contributed by: Oakfield Historical Society Date: circa 1965 Location: Houlton Media: Photographic print
Item 29344
E.G. Williams Shoe Repair Shop, Blue Hill, ca. 1915
Contributed by: Blue Hill Historical Society Date: circa 1915 Location: Blue Hill Media: Photographic print
Item 74962
Car Repair Shop, Thompsons Point, Portland, 1924
Owner in 1924: The Portland & Ogdensburg Railroad Use: Car Repair Shop
Item 74963
Shop, Thompsons Point, Portland, 1924
Owner in 1924: The Portland & Ogdensburg Railroad Use: Shop - Repair
Item 109123
Limestone Air Force Base aircraft maintenance & repair shop, Limestone, 1947-1951
Contributed by: Maine Historical Society Date: 1947–1951 Location: Limestone Client: United States Air Force Architect: Eaton W. Tarbell
Exhibit
Summer Folk: The Postcard View
Vacationers, "rusticators," or tourists began flooding into Maine in the last quarter of the 19th century. Many arrived by train or steamer. Eventually, automobiles expanded and changed the tourist trade, and some vacationers bought their own "cottages."
Exhibit
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.
Site Page
Islesboro--An Island in Penobscot Bay - Summer Resorts
"… their own businesses, including shoe and harness repair. Summer residents began to buy their own property and built family homes, establishing a…"
Site Page
Presque Isle: The Star City - Aroostook Valley Railroad
"… of rolling stock was done in the two-track repair shop located in Presque Isle. Aroostook Valley Railroad Trestle, ca."
