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Odd Fellows Hall and French & Elliott Store, ca. 1916

Guilford, Maine - BUSINESSES - Page 3 of 3

"… railroad company began hauling potatoes in heated boxcars. Potatoes had given them a bigger profit when the times were getting hard."

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Train station and waterfront, Bangor flood, 1902

Life on a Tidal River - The Great Bangor Floods: 1902 and 1976

"… Bangor flood, 1902 Partially submerged boxcars alongside a double-masted ship on the Penobscot River during the Bangor flood of March 20…"

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Hometown Boys Win Tournament, Lincoln, 1938

Lincoln, Maine - Railroads

"Also, a used boxcar was once used as a jail when the police were in dire need. The railroad was important to Lincoln's history because it connected…"