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Item 21725

Train Tracks Going up Green Mountain, ca. 1890

Contributed by: Great Harbor Maritime Museum Date: circa 1890 Location: Bar Harbor Media: Photographic print

Item 31163

Train Wreck, Hallowell, 1937

Contributed by: Hubbard Free Library Date: 1937 Location: Hallowell Media: Photographic print

Item 23875

The Dummy Train at Camp Ellis Station, 1915

Contributed by: Dyer Library/Saco Museum Date: 1915 Location: Camp Ellis Media: Photographic print

Online Exhibits

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Exhibit

Students on porch, Farmington State Normal School, ca. 1928

We Used to be "Normal": A History of F.S.N.S.

Farmington's Normal School -- a teacher-training facility -- opened in 1863 and, over the decades, offered academic programs that included such unique features as domestic and child-care training, and extra-curricular activities from athletics to music and theater.

Exhibit

Rockefeller Drive, Mt. Desert Island, ca. 1935

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.

Exhibit

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.

Site Pages

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Train Wreck, Hubbard Free Library, Hallowell, 1937

Historic Hallowell - Train Wreck Of 1937

"… Library On November 10, 1937, a train hopped the tracks, slammed in to the Hubbard Free Library and caused a lot of damage to the library."

Site Page

Presque Isle: The Star City - Aroostook Valley Railroad

"Freight service consisted on one train a day every day covering the entire route. Trains frequently consisted on 20 cars each during the winter…"

Site Page

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

"Train Wreck at Tin Bridge, Bangor, 1871Bangor Public Library Tin Bridge Wreck The Tin Bridge collapsed under the weight of an express mail train on…"