Maine Memory Network

Strong, a Mussul Unsquit village - Wood Products of Strong

"… his mill operations to Strong, the junction of rail service north to Kingfield, west to Phillips, and south to Farmington."

Strong, a Mussul Unsquit village - "Fly Rod" Crosby - Page 1 of 3

"… instead she implied that people should use rail to access the wondrous, outdoor landscape described in various articles and publications."

Great Cranberry Island Historical Society

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Farmington: Franklin County's Shiretown - John Frank Stevens

"He was in charge of the task of building a rail line from Duluth, Minnesota to Sault Ste. Marie, Michigan."

Western Maine Foothills Region - For The Love Of Paper - Page 1 of 4

"They had over 200 uniformed employees covering the rails from Chicago, Illinois, to Portland, Maine, and east to Halifax, Nova Scotia, with steamboat…"

Lincoln, Maine - That Pioneer Spirit

"Many of these damages occurred along the rail line, interrupting the only rail link between Vanceboro and Bangor."

Lubec, Maine - McCurdy Herring Smokehouse - Page 2 of 4

"… three of them, and further, into “bays” with “rails” in them. Above the ground level, the smokehouse had a series of “windows.” (P. 455)."

Mount Desert Island: Shaped by Nature - Economic History of Main Street, Northeast Harbor - Page 1 of 3

"… designed to allow shop owners to add hitching rails for their patrons’ horses if they wished. In her memoir, Down Memory Lane, Emily Phillips…"

Guilford, Maine - Special Events

"When the rail line was abandoned and the tracks taken up, it removed the natural barrier surrounding the fair grounds."

Lubec, Maine - Building the Roosevelt Bridge to Campobello - Page 1 of 3

"… on the right looks over the temporary parapet (railing) of the bridge down onto the Lubec waterfront, still an active herring/sardine economy…"

Farmington: Franklin County's Shiretown - Brief History

"Temple Crittenden) Today, many of the existing rail beds have been converted into heavily-used recreational trails."

Acadian Archives

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