Keywords: steam engine
Item 15028
Contributed by: Seal Cove Auto Museum Date: 1881 Location: Seal Cove; Manchester Media: Metal and rubber
Item 10409
Contributed by: Oakfield Historical Society Date: circa 1940 Media: Photographic print
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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.
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In 1893, F.C. Whitehouse of Topsham, who owned paper mills in Topsham and Lisbon Falls, began construction of a third mill on the eastern banks of the Androscoggin River five miles north of Topsham. First, he had to build a dam to harness the river's power.
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Strong, a Mussul Unsquit village - Bridge
Bridge Steam crane works on skeleton of new iron bridge, Strong, ca. 1922 Item 68684 infoStrong Historical Society Supported by temporary…
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The boilers exploded, filling the ship with steam. Within 15 minutes the Larchmont sank taking most of her passengers to their deaths.