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Updated October 18, 2008
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Portland Depot and Roundhouse, built 1855, removed 1899 View from Commercial & India Streets |
Portland terminal, 1870's |
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Portland, just after the 1866 fire. Roundhouse, passenger and freight depots, wharves and grain elevator are all visible in distance |
Portland Depot sometime before 1896; note roundhouse dome has been removed On an 1871 map, the building on the corner opposite the station was once the New England House, likely a common place for the travel weary to get a good night's rest; may have also been used by train crews. On an 1886 map, it is indicated to be a boarding house. Other lodging near the station included the Atlantic House (Fore St) and Eagle House (India St). |
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Portland Yard and Docks, prior to 1874 |
Portland Docks, prior to 1874 |
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Portland Harbor, 1857 |
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From Jos. Warner's Bird's Eye View of the City of Portland Maine, 1876 |
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View of Portland from City Hall (I believe) Roundhouse dome and depot visible in distance |
View of old depot and Elevator #1 between 1896 and 1903 |
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409 at the old Portland roundhouse, 1898 Engineer Will Jordan, Fireman Guy Swan |
401 at Portland |
Commercial St, 1853 - shortly after completion |
Portland India Street GT station, built 1903 The GT office building - which still stands at the foot of India St - can be seen to the right. Both the station and the office building were designed by Spier and Rohns of Detroit, Michigan. The grain elevators are in the background View from Fore & India Streets |
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The clock mechanism was not installed immediately when station was built; it is now at The Maine Narrow Gauge Railroad and Museum |
Portland station waiting room
The April 28th, 1963 edition of the Portland Sunday Telegram announced "Depot to Become Discount Store - Grand Trunk Depot Discount Mart Corp. will reopen the Grand Trunk Railway Depot at India and Fore Streets Thursday as a discount grocery store. The station's waiting room will be the display section and another part of the building will be used for wholesale business. Louis Botto, a local grocer, is head of the corporation. The railroad closed the terminal last December, but will continue a once-a-week run to Montreal during the summer months. Passengers will use rail cars as waiting rooms." |
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Sperry Rail Service at Portland |
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The clock tower was taken down in 1948 for safety reasons |
Destruction of the station, March 29-31, 1966 - spurred a preservation movement in Portland
From John Davis - "A lot of the building was dumped over the embankment near the Presumpscot River bridge" |
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Aerial shot of the Portland yard |
Portland, September 11, 1965 |
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4-8-2 6017 at Portland Dr. Philip Hastings photo |
GT 6029 at Portland |
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6021 at Portland Joseph M. Williams, photographer |
4-6-2 5289 at Portland Station - April, 1956 |
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GT 3710 at Portland Station, 1933 |
GT 7527 on Commercial St, September 19, 1940 |
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US Customs House, Commercial St., built 1867 |
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Central VT GP9 1776, Portland April 29, 1976 |
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Portland Terminal 1002 on Commercial St.
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Commercial Street in the 1860's Before the building of the Atlantic & St. Lawrence, Fore Street was the street on the waterfront. The A&StL paid for building a wider and straighter street to connect it with the Portland, Saco and Portsmouth terminal. The city paid for fill and land damages. |
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Dyer Shipyard was located where the Portland terminal was built. Longfellow's birthplace to the left. Sketch by Charles Quincy Goodhue. |
Franklin Wharf Elevator, 1876 |
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View from City Hall, by Kilburn Brothers |
Portland Harbor circa 1900 - Galt Wharf elevator to left and Elevator #1 to right
Here is a photo of the Galt Wharf elevator - you can see the conveyor using the zoom option |
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Steamship Parisian, at the Galt Wharf elevator, built in 1880 for the Allan Line Montreal Ocean Steamship Company; scrapped in 1914. Sailed from Liverpool to Canada and USA. This photo was taken before 1899, when one funnel was removed. In 1912, the Parisian was the closest ship to the Titanic with GTR President Charles Melville Hays aboard, yet the wireless operator had gone to bed; ironically, the Parisian was the first steamship to be fitted with wireless, in 1902. Picturing Portland: A Century of Change from the Portland Harbor Museum |
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Background: Elevator #1, built 1896: 160' high, 221' long, 97' wide; torn down in 1943
Right: Elevator #2, built 1902: 175' high, 300' long, 101' wide; torn down in 1974.
Timbers from #2 were salvaged to build the new Samoset Hotel in Rockland, Maine; the lobby floor was made from beams crosscut 3" thick. The roof is made from the flooring of the elevator. |
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Docks from Portland Harbor Piers 7 & 8 were destroyed by fire July 27th, 1970 |
Photo courtesy of Stan Jones |
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Left to right: CV 4547, GT 4924 (?), 4443, 4558, October 10, 1968 |
"Switching Engine At The Grand Trunk Yard In Portland Maine", by Bill Paxton Circa 1950's |
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"GT India Street", Bill Paxton c1947 |
The Portland Company at the East end of the Portland Yard Built many locomotives and marine engines, now home to the Portland Company Marine Complex and The Maine Narrow Gauge Railroad and Museum |
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Portland Light Ship at Portland Company Dock |
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Maine State Pier Image courtesy of Stan Jones
Portland's Ocean Gateway - Website on the creation of the State Pier, and the modern (2007) development. |
The State Pier used as WWII Naval Operating Base; GT pier to left was also used by the Navy |
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State Pier |
Portland Railroad Co. car for "Boston Steamers and Grand Trunk" |
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Falmouth Hotel on Middle Street Photo by M.F. King |
Ottawa House, 1853 Lemuel Cushing of Chatham, Canada, spent $10,000 in 1853 to build a resort hotel on a high granite cliff on Casco Bay's Cushing Island. He called it "The Ottawa" to entice a Canadian clientele. |
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Second Ottawa House - built 1888, burned 1917 200 guest capacity |
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Old Orchard House - Popular destination for Canadian tourists |
Old Orchard Beach Boston & Maine Station; Old Orchard House in background Special Summer passenger trains from Montreal would go straight to OOB |
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Peaks Island was another destination for Canadian tourists |
The Peaks Island Ferry Co's Swampscott |
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The steamer Portland - Built by the New England Shipbuilding Company at Bath, Maine in 1889 for the Boston-Portland run of the Portland Steam Packet Company (later renamed the Portland Steamship Company) - lost in the "Portland Gale" of November 26-27, 1898. 192 perished. The 281 foot steamer departed from the Franklin Wharf daily (except Sunday) at 7pm. The 100-mile voyage took 8 or 9 hours and cost $1 per person. |
Steamer Bay State |
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Ocean Liner Cornishman at GTR dock |
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Steamer North Star leaving GT dock Old grain elevator is behind steamer, #1 elevator to right |
Owned by Maine Steamship Co., used for the Portland to New York run |
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From Donald Bennett of the Bethel Journals - From a post card produced for the Poplar Hotel located in North Newry just south of Grafton Notch. These directions were prepared for the 1901 season. The innkeeper produced similar directions for guests leaving from New York City - he suggested steamer from East River to Portland then Grand Trunk to Bethel. "From Boston take the (rail passenger) cars at the Western or Eastern Division of the Boston & Maine Railroad, leaving on Western Division at 8:30 A.M., reaching Portland at 12:30 P.M., a distance of 112 miles. A car from the Grand Trunk Railroad is attached to the 8:30 A.M. over the Western Division, or you may leave Boston by the Portland Line of Steamers from India Wharf each evening, arriving in Portland the next morning in time to connect with the morning train on the Grand Trunk Railroad for Bethel. Boats land in Portland at Franklin Wharf about two minutes walk from Grand Trunk Depot. Parties going by boat to Portland and taking the morning train on the Grand Trunk Railroad, arrive at Bethel about 10:30 A.M., and Poplar Hotel abut 12:30 P.M., in time for dinner. Parties can leave Boston by Boston and Maine Railroad at 1:00 P. M., arriving in Portland at 5:00 P.M., and connect with train for Bethel, stop over night, and leave Bethel the next morning, arriving at Poplar Hotel at 12:30 P.M. Round trip tickets at reduced rates. The new Union Station at Portland affords close connections with the Grand Trunk Railroad." |
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Thomas Laughlin Co., late 1890's
Marine and Industrial Hardware Manufacturer across Fore Street from the Portland Yard. Inset image is of the salesroom on Commercial St. - the original location of the works. Established 1866, in 1836 T.S. Laughlin opened a marine hardware business. The company later moved to 2-20 Middle Street in 1955 as the Slum Clearance & Renewal Authority "Vine-Deer-Chatham" project had opened up land for redevelopment, as well as creating a railroad spur from the GT yard along Fore St. Acquired by the Crosby Group in 1958.
The location on Fore Street may have been the Eagle Sugar Refinery, owned by George S. Hunt |
"Airplane photograph of our new plant" Thomas Laughlin Co. from a 1941 catalog |
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Henry Wadsworth Longfellow birthplace, corner of Hancock and Fore Streets. Razed in 1954. Longfellow sold A&StL land across Fore St. for the Portland terminal. The birthplace of Thomas Brackett Reed, Maine Congressman, was on Hancock Street |
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A&StL #6 "Coos", later GT #106, at Portland December, 1856; built by Portland Company in 1850. Earliest known photograph of a Canadian railway locomotive |
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234 - Built by the Portland Co. |
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CNR #40 - Built by the Portland Co. for the GT in 1872 as GT #362, restored and used by CN for the Museum Train. Now located at the Canada Science and Technology Museum This is the only Portland Co. standard gauge engine that still exists. Only one narrow gauge engine also exists at the WWP&F |
CNR #40 |
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134, 1878 Built by the Portland Co. |
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#9 at Portland, built by Portland Co. October 1880 |
614 at Portland, originally #10, built by Portland Co. October 1880 |
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519 Class M 2-8-2 at Portland, 1917 Left: Thomas T. Simard Sr., Engineer, Right: Fireman, Mr. Rabida The Life of a GT-NEL Locomotive: The 519 Photo courtesy of Matthew Morse |
7475 in 1956, Portland Co. to left |
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4448 at Portland on August 14, 1965 |
4446 at Portland in 1966 |
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4903 at Portland, April 29, 1967 |
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4442 - September 15, 1967 |
4444 - July 24, 1971 |
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GT 4448, Portland, August 27, 1988 |
CN M420w 2578 Portland March 23, 1981 Photograph by Henry O. Preble |
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CN 4485 at Portland, June 1, 1974 |
GT 77971 at Portland |
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Jordan Spreader 50955 at Portland |
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Caboose 75962 |
Fish Point, M.F. King photo |
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The Victoria Docks were also known as the Great Eastern Docks, built for the expected arrival of the Great Eastern (Leviathan), which never arrived. The docks were later used by other steamship lines. From a Portland Landmarks pamphlet |
"Embarkation of the Prince of Wales from the Great Eastern Docks, Portland, Oct 20, 1860" |
The Prince of Wales, Duke of Newcastle, Lord Lyons, and Portland Mayor Howard, October 20, 1860 Burnham Brothers Photo |
The Great Eastern (Leviathan) |
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Portland Harbor, 1910 - Portland Terminal to right Old Great Eastern/Victoria Docks center - Library of Congress |
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GT 4-6-2 5304 rounding Fish Point, Spring 1956 |
Last great Cutting opposite Coal sheds, Entrance to Yard, Portland, Maine Watercolor by John M.C. Muir from the Muir Album, Grand Trunk Railway Survey Party from Portland, Maine to Montreal, Quebec, Summer 1878, p. 69 |
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GT 7531 at Fish Point, June 1952 Fish Point was the location of a battery called Fort Lawrence during the War of 1812. Photo by George Corey, Rail Photo Club |
Plan for Eastern Prom, 1905 End of Portland yard to right (Fish Point) - Back cove bridge and junction with Portland & Rochester to left of center (station in Y; area now the sewage treatment plant). The jetty right of center was the William Curtis shipyard. |
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3411 along the East End Beach, July 29, 1954 |
William Curtis shipyard, 1863-1883 This area became the Milan Mining Co. Smelter Works in the 1880's, then the East End Yacht Club, a public swimming pool, and is now a boat launch/parking lot. |
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Portland West Yard on the East End being constructed in 1901, built to make room for Elevator 2 |
Trestle across Back Bay from East End, as seen from old bed of the Portland and Rochester/Maine Central RR Dr. Philip Hastings photo |
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Back Bay Bridge and Coal Handling Plant
Here is a painting by Charles Beckett, ca 1850, of the bridge on the Maine Memory Network |
470 Club excursion, October 5, 1975 Ron Johnson photo |
Tukey's Bridge (now Rt 295) from the peninsula to East Deering; foreground: Cash Fuel Co. coal pockets with RR spur. |
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Russell Shipbuilding Company yard, 1919 by Johan Krouthen View from East Deering - GT trestle and swing bridge in background The hulls on the ways were likely part of the WWI Emergency Fleet |
Deering - Built 1904 torn down about 1930
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Deering Depot - Veranda St. in background |
GT 451 at the Deering Depot, 1922 Photo courtesy of Stan Jones |
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East Deering 1902
Track Plan of the East Deering Yard
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East Deering YMCA run by GT - was located at the East End of the yard |
East Deering Yard, June 1956 Roundhouse complex was purchased by Houghton-Arnold Machinery Gerald O. Boothby Photo |
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Roundhouse in East Deering, 1950's Built 1901, Presumpscot Street; extant Development of the Roundhouse by Boulos Co. (At least they didn't tear it down, right?) |
7527 at East Deering in 1956 |
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CN 3274 in front of the East Deering Coal Shed, Sep 29, 1938 during the detour traffic surge via the GT NE to Montreal occasioned by the destruction to the CV's southern division from the Great Hurricane of 1938. CN 3252, 3274 and ex-GT engines 3420, 3421, 3422, 3425, 3427 and 3429 were all sent down to augment the Berlin Sub engines in handling the 64 doubleheaded freights that ran between Portland and Island Pond during the period Sep 23 to Oct 5. There were also several dozen engines drawn from other districts to assist the regular Montreal to Island Pond power for moving 90 doubleheaded freights between those two terminals during this period, and which meant more than a few "strangers" showing up in Island Pond in this service. Gerald O. Boothby photo; John R. Davis text |
GT 49 at East Deering in 1905; built in 1895 |
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East Deering Shop Switcher #7110 Built by GT in 1895, scrapped December, 1932 |
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5582 in front of the East Deering offices Built by GT in 1910, scrapped November, 1957 |
2249 at East Deering, 1923 |
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7527 |
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GT 6029 at East Deering |
GT 6029 on East Deering turntable |
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GT 6029 at East Deering. L-R: Cydney Barnes - Engineer, C. Clark, Roy Sanders, E. Acker, R. Holton |
L-R: Roy Sanders, E. Acker, R. Holton |
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GT 7156 at East Deering, September 21, 1929 |
GT 3701 2-8-2 S-3-a at the East Deering Machine Shop, July 6, 1933 |
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GT 3716 2-8-2 - East Deering, June 20, 1953 - Doubleheaded out with 2574 on first section of three Ringling Brothers circus extras Gerald O. Boothby Photo |
2170 at East Deering |
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GT 2612 at East Deering, June 17, 1954 |
GT 3432 at East Deering, March 1955 |
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4448 in Portland, August 27, 1988 |
GT 4441 at Portland, August 20, 1988 |
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Located at the East end of the East Deering Yard, the Portland Rendering Co. at 273 Presumpscot St, was the Portland stockyard. Owned by Consolidated Rendering Co. (later Corenco), founded by the Swift Meat Co. Corenco was partly owned by the Canadian Pacific Railway. Under Corenco, this was a transfer station for funneling wastes from restaurants, meat processors and supermarkets to Corenco's rendering plant in Lowell, Mass. Closed March, 1980 when Corenco's Maine operations were consolidated to Augusta. The buildings now house a number of small businesses.
This Track Plan of the East Deering Yard shows the layout of the Portland Rendering Co. |
4-8-4 CN 6218 on the Presumpscot River Bridge with an excursion train headed West, Sept 12, 1965. This was the last coal-fired engine, and the next to last steam engine, on the GT-NEL
A brickyard was once located where this picture was taken from (now Rt 295). This is also where a lot of the Portland station was dumped in 1966. |
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Falmouth - built 1849, removed 1932 |
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74093 at Falmouth, September 5, 1964 |
CN GP9 4483 being lifted by Montreal Auxiliary 50024 at Falmouth, February 1973, after hitting an oil truck |
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Cumberland (Poland Corners) - built 1849, burned 1916
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Yarmouth, 1906 - built 1849; note the new station being built next to it |
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1911 Map of Yarmouth Station, canning factory and grist mill, grain mill |
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The Yarmouth Historical Society 2008 calendar has a much clearer image of the one above! And check out the museum when in town! |
Yarmouth, built 1906, now a flower shop. |
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The Portland & Yarmouth Street Ry Waiting Room - Originally located near the lower falls, moved in 1906 to Main Street near the new GT depot. Click here to see a birdseye view of the Portland RR System in 1909. |
Yarmouth Paper Co., built 1865 burned 1869 Preceded the Forest Paper Co. |
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Forest Paper Co. mill, Yarmouth, 1874-1923 Burned August 4th, 1931 Produced pulp for S.D. Warren Co. - first soda pulp mill in New England, now Royal River Park |
Industrial tracks used to move wood, coal, and pulp can be seen in this rendering of the Forest Paper Co. which hangs in the Yarmouth Library |
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Looking downriver - digester to left |
Wood piles at Forest Paper Co. Pulp wood was delivered by rail on trestles. Building to right was the Hodsdon Shoe Factory, leased in 1923 by the Sportoccasin Co. In the distance is the A.D. Sands Ice House |
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Hodson Shoe/Sportoccasin Co. |
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Yarmouth Junction Looking North on the Maine Central |
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Yarmouth Junction July 24, 1954 GT 3715 headed East to Portland; station was V shaped. |
Yarmouth Jct - GT 3707 with CN plow 55312, December 1925 Aubrey Kenney, Sr. Photo |
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Pownal - built 1850 |
Pownal, 1910 - GT 710 |
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New Gloucester - built 1850, burned 1940 |
New Gloucester Maine Central train in background |
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Overhead Bridge Watercolor by John M.C. Muir from the Muir Album, Grand Trunk Railway Survey Party from Portland, Maine to Montreal, Quebec, Summer 1878, p. 69 (I think this is in New Gloucester - may be Veranda St in East Deering) |
Danville Union Station, 1848-1911 Danville was where the Androscoggin and Kennebec RR to Waterville originated; the A&K later merged with Penobscot and Kennebec RR to become the Maine Central RR; in 1870, the MECRR built a line from Royal Jct (Yarmouth) to Danville Jct. |
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Danville Junction, Grand Trunk Railway, Station and Yard Watercolor by John M.C. Muir from the Muir Album, Grand Trunk Railway Survey Party from Portland, Maine to Montreal, Quebec, Summer 1878, p. 69 |
Signal house at the diamond crossing Danville Junction Watercolor by John M.C. Muir from the Muir Album, Grand Trunk Railway Survey Party from Portland, Maine to Montreal, Quebec, Summer 1878, p. 69 |
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Danville Jct, built 1911 |
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2-8-2 3432 with Train 188 from Lewiston at Danville Junction, waiting for Train 17 from Portland headed to Montreal Dr. Philip Hastings photo |
Dr. Philip Hastings photo |
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Train 17 in the distance crossing the diamond Dr. Philip Hastings photo |
Dr. Philip Hastings photo |
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Danville Junction, 1894 - GTR train is delivering the Maine State Building from the 1893 World's Fair in Chicago to Poland Springs |
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Maine Central RR Danville Station |
Poland Spring House Coach from Danville |
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CN M420w 2546 Danville Junction May, 1975 |
"Grand Trunk Danville Junction Near Auburn Maine", by Bill Paxton Circa 1951 |
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Flatcar at Danville Junction with office trailer, August 3, 1982 |
Poland Spring Express Engine left from Danville Junction via Portland & Rumford Falls RR |
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Poland Springs RR, ex Maine Central #12, ex ex Portland and Rumford Falls RR #6 |
Wentworth Ricker Inn, Poland Springs |
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Poland Spring House, 1876 |
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Lewiston Junction Watercolor by John M.C. Muir from the Muir Album, Grand Trunk Railway Survey Party from Portland, Maine to Montreal, Quebec, Summer 1878, p. 69 |
Lewiston Junction - built 1878, dismantled in the 1930's and rebuilt as a private home |
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Lewiston-Auburn Branch In 1873, Lewiston and Auburn constructed a railroad spur from Lewiston to the Grand Trunk Railway at Lewiston Junction in Auburn, then leased the branch to the GTR, which gave competition to the Maine Central Railroad. The Depot on Lincoln Street became the arrival point for the migration of thousands of French Canadians to Lewiston. The Lewiston-Auburn Railroad is still owned by the two cities and has a number of industries served by the modern St. Lawrence & Atlantic RR.
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Littlefield's, 1914 - Built about 1890 Little Androscoggin bridge in distance ROW in left foreground is for the Portland-Lewiston Interurban built in 1914; station was probably torn down at this time |
The Little Androscoggin Bridge of the Portland-Lewiston Interurban RR as seen from the Grand Trunk bridge Photo by Mark Miller - Check out his website on the PLIRR |
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"GT in Auburn", by Bill Paxton |
GT 3716 2-8-2 at Auburn January 28, 1956 pulling the Snowshoe Special, 2nd section. Building to left was the H. Wesley Hutchins Co. box mfg. & U.S. Bobbin & Shuttle; nearby was the Merrow Packing Co. slaughter house Gerald O. Boothby Photo |
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Edward Little HS in Auburn as seen from Main St. and the GT (The ROW was to the left and down an embankment) |
Auburn as seen from Main Street Built 1873, removed 1930's |
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This photo on the Maine Memory Network shows the old iron Androscoggin bridge and some of the Lewiston yard. |
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Lewiston, built 1873, passenger service ended 1956, closed 1971 - still extant (was for lease last time I was by) |
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GTR 2nd 135 at Lewiston, c1893 |
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3704 at Lewiston, May 12, 1956 |
GT 2-6-0 713 - In front of the Lewiston enginehouse, August 16, 1939 Gerald O. Boothby Photo |
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713 is now at the Canadian Railway Museum |
GTW caboose 77965 leased to GT-NE in Lewiston, 1956 |
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Grand Trunk Freight Leaving Their Yard In Lewiston, by Bill Paxton |
Continental Mill was South of the depot |
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Spool Room in the Continental Mill in Lewiston Published by Rideout & McFadden |
Lewiston's Bates Mill - GT Station is behind this mill |
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Back on the Mainline
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East Poland - built 1850, removed 1927 |
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East Poland Grist mill |
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Mechanic Falls - Built 1883, torn down 1968 |
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GT 126 at Mechanic Falls, station built 1883 |
Mechanic Falls in 1967 |
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Mechanic Falls Junction Signal Tower Grand Trunk is to right, Maine Central is behind tower |
Mechanic Falls Junction, 1906 |
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Main St. Overpass - Cobb's hotel is behind embankment to left, clothing factory to right |
GT bridge as viewed from Main St Bridge |
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Calendar/Ruling Mill and Main St. Bridge |
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Looking upriver |
Mechanic Falls Shoe Shop (Postmarked 1903) |
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Mechanic Falls Maine Central RR Station |
Cobb's Hotel, Mechanic Falls Photo was taken from the GT ROW |
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Train on Buckfield Branch, Nezinscot River Branch originated from GT at Mechanic Falls in 1850, later connected with and owned by MEC
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Canadian National RS-18 3111 in Oxford pulling the summer only "Beach Train" to Old Orchard |
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Some of the worst specimens of 'Old Iron' on the G.T.R. Between Oxford and Mechanic Falls Watercolor by John M.C. Muir in the Muir Album, Grand Trunk Railway Survey Party from Portland, Maine to Montreal, Quebec, Summer 1878, p. 69 |
Oxford, built 1884 Passenger service ended Sept 6, 1951
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Old High Bridge over Little Androscoggin Construction supervised by Ansel Dudley |
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South Paris Station. July 31/78 Watercolor by John M.C. Muir in the Muir Album, Grand Trunk Railway Survey Party from Portland, Maine to Montreal, Quebec, Summer 1878, p. 69 |
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Mason Manufacturing Co., built 1906 - made wooden toys near the current Jr. High School |
South Paris, built 1885 - now a dairy bar |
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South Paris, 1938 |
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View of the Oxford County buildings |
August 31, 1986 |
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South Paris, 1908 #166 was the Norway branch engine |
GT 6022, South Paris |
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South Paris - I believe brown building to right was the house for the Norway branch engine |
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GT 3411, Jan 6, 1952 - I believe in South Paris |
3716 at South Paris, July 29, 1954 |
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114 at South Paris in 1917 |
South Paris Freight Shed in 1991 shortly before taken down Sid Gordon Photo |
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GT Hoist 95066 lifting girders for the High Bridge at South Paris, Spring 1912 Photos by Edward L. Greene |
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North end of South Paris yard, September 13, 1965 |
#325 near South Paris |
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Caboose 75960 at S. Paris, August 31, 1986 |
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Sleds made by Paris Mfg. |
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Norway Branch Some background on the Norway Branch
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Norway - Built 1879, removed 1968 |
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Norway - September 13, 1967 Norway Branch originated in South Paris Passenger service ended in 1946 |
Norway Shoe Factory |
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Wilner's Wood Products in South Paris on the Norway Branch. CV 3605, April 1982 Sid Gordon Photo |
CV 4558 at Wilner's, April 1983 Sid Gordon Photo |
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Back on the Mainline
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West Paris - Built 1851, razed 1968 Originally North Paris, changed to West Paris in 1858; renamed Bates in 1909 to avoid train order confusion with Paris |
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Paris Manufacturing Co. in West Paris - Station to right |
West Paris Feldspar mill operated by the Oxford Mining and Milling Co. Much of the feldspar from West Paris was shipped to England to make glaze for chinaware, but was also used to make spark plugs, electrical insulators, and abrasives in cleaning powder. |
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Bryant's Pond - Built 1851, closed 1958, torn down 1968 The Bryant's Pond Stage, driven by Joseph Tuttle, had a regular run to Andover and Rumford's Falls |
Bryant Pond |
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Bryant Pond |
Bryant Pond |
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Bryant Pond - Train headed East |
Locke's Mills - Built 1851, closed 1958, torn down 1972 |
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Lockes Mills Depot from Route 26, circa 1946 |
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River scene along the GT |
Bethel - built 1865, razed in 1968 The Bethel Chair Company mill, established in 1886, appears at far right |
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Excellent site on the railroad in the Bethel area: Railroad Journal |
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3709 at Bethel, July 29, 1954 |
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GT 4902 at Bethel |
Bethel Grain Mill (left), Lower Main St - Tracks ran behind mill |
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"Potato John's" Barn, trackside Last remaining Grand Trunk structure in Bethel |
From Depot Street |
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West Bethel - Built 1851, changed to Allens 1919 (to avoid confusion with Bethel), razed 1967 |
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Allens (West Bethel) - October 17, 1961
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Allens station being torn down in 1967 |
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Gilead about 1895 |
Gilead |
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Wild River RR #4 at Gilead with Hastings Lumber Co. baggage car, circa 1890 Wild River RR interchanged with GT in Gilead, running up Wild River to Hastings Village |
Gilead road suspension bridge, built 1872 replaced 1923 |
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Wild River Railroad/Hastings Lumber Co. Railroad
From the USGS page on Hastings: Logging has been important in the land-use history of the Wild River Basin. Between 1890 and 1903, a logging railroad was operated along the river as far upstream as Red Brook and along the Bull Brook and Moriah Brook tributaries. During this period, several logging camps and mills were operated in the basin, and more than 300 people lived in the town of Hastings, which was near the current site of the Hastings Campground. Following a large fire in 1903 that destroyed several thousand hectares of timber in the headwater areas of the basin, the Hastings Lumber Company sold its land to the Federal Government, and by 1912 Hastings had become a ghost town. Between 1933 and 1936, the Civilian Conservation Corps constructed State Highway 113 between Gilead and Evans Notch and converted several old railroad grades into hiking trails.
L.L. Bean operated a "Dew Drop Inn" hunting camp at one of the Wild River lumber camps
Recommended reading: The Wild River Wilderness, DB Wight, 1971 Logging Railroads of the White Mountains, C. Francis Belcher Hastings, Chapman & Reiche, Gilead Historical Society, 2006 |
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Hastings Lumber Co. and Village |
Hastings Lumber Co. - Wild River RR #1 Shay, the "Mud Turtle" |
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Wild River RR #1 Shay, "GILEAD" |
Wild River RR #1 |
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Wild River RR log train stalled near Gilead in deep snow, 1892, Shay #3. Photo is stamped Laurence Breed Walker Brian Fons Collection |
Wild River #3 Shay, 50 tonner, 1891 at Hastings, ME. Shay is ex BC Garland #1 of Saco Valley Lumber Co, Crawford Notch NH. Brian Fons Collection |
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Wild River RR #4 2-4-2t built by Baldwin Later Berlin Mills RR #5 |
Wild River RR #4 |
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Wild River RR Baldwin #4 2-4-2t at Hastings Village Mill no date. Brian Fons Collection |
Wild River RR #6 Shay
The Wild River RR also had a wood-burning 4-4-0 "Hyde Park", built by the Portland Co. |
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Back on the Mainline
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Androscoggin causeway, East of Gorham October 4, 1950 |
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White Mountain Station, built 1851 Gorham's first station - became Alpine House
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Alpine House 100'x50' with 80'x40' ell - 100 guest capacity |
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Gorham - From Bird's eye view of Gorham, 1888 |
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Gorham, NH, with Mt. Madison House to left |
Built 1907, now the historical society home |
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Gorham station and town hall |
Part of old Gorham shops to left, coal chute in distance |
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Gorham - part of old shops, built in 1851, to right |
GT 1862 at the Gorham enginehouse, 1954 |
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Gorham enginehouse, November 1959 Brian Fons Collection |
3716 at Gorham enginehouse, July 29, 1954 |
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Gorham Coal Chute, October 8, 1961 |
Gorham Coal Chute |
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Libby's Mills on the Peabody River, Gorham |
E. Libby and Sons sawmill |
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View from Mt. Madison House Appears to be a tool shed and maybe a gateman's shanty in middle by tracks |
Gorham from Point Lookout The coal shed can be seen to the right and the wye - built to replace the turntable - is visible in the center |
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Mt. Madison House - Alpine House was purchased by Charles A. Chandler and moved to Main Street, and joined with the Alpine House (formerly Eagle House) to form Mt. Madison House |
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Summit House on Mt Washington, built 1852 Kilburn Brothers, Photographers
In 1850, the Atlantic & St. Lawrence RR paid for rebuilding the road from Gorham into Pinkham Notch. Further, the railroad financed the construction of the Glen Bridle Path to the summit of Mount Washington. |
Mount Washington from the back of the Glen House looking across Pinkham Notch Ferdinand Richardt, 1857
The first Glen House, built 1851, enlarged to over 400 feet long, burned down October 1, 1884 Kilburn Brothers Photographers |
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Second Glen House, built 1886 burned July 16, 1893 |
Boston & Maine (originally Concord & Montreal) bridge over GT, Gorham |
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Log train crossing B&M bridge Guy Shorey, Photographer |
Brown & Co. Cascade Mill, Gorham, 1882 |
Brown Company, 1883 |
Brown Co., 1888 |
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Brown & Co., 1920's Cascade Mill - Courtesy of Brian Fons |
Brown & Co. |
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Cascade Mill |
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Brown & Co, GT passenger train, 1952 |
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GT bridge crossing Androscoggin at Cascade; B&M overpass visible in distance |
Berlin Mills Railway diesel transferring steel girders from B&M at Cascade Interchange September 6, 1950 |
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122 near Berlin, October 1877 |
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Berlin station, 1884
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Old Berlin Station in June, 1902, with the Forepaugh and Sells Brothers circus; Chick Shoe Co. can be seen in the distance
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Berlin, built 1917 (extant) |
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Armour Company on Union Street |
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Chick Shoe Co., Berlin Was located near the station |
Berlin Manufacturing Co., near the station |
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Berlin YMCA |
Berlin Mills Company Sawmill, built 1852 |
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GT 2611 at Berlin, c1948 Dr. Philip R. Hastings Photo |
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International Paper Co. Plant, formerly Glen Manufacturing |
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Berlin Yards - Top to bottom: Cascade Interchange, Berlin B&M Station, Mill Yard - Courtesy of Brian Fons Berlin Mill (modern) - Courtesy of Brian Fons Beyond Brown Paper - Website documenting photos of the Brown Paper Co. in Berlin |
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Berlin from the North From a Beyond Brown Paper postcard |
Burgess Sulphite Paper Mill |
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Brown Co. Bermico Plant, 1953 |
A New Hampshire Lumber Camp in the 1890's |
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Berlin Mills Ry #10
Berlin Mills Railway No. 7 at Steamtown Includes history of Berlin Mills/Brown & Co. |
Berlin - lower grade is spur to mills |
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Berlin enginehouse |
Berlin Street Railway car at Berlin Mills June 26, 1934, built by Laconia (NH) Car Works |
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Berlin Falls, by JP Soule |
Millsfield RR 1st #5 Climax, ex-Conway Co. #5 The Berlin Co. railroad ran North of Berlin |
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Blanchard & Twitchell Co. Shay, Success Pond RR #6 "BYRON", Berlin Later became Wild River RR #3 out of Gilead Success Pond RR ran East from Berlin, 1894-1907
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Success Pond RR's "Berlin" |
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GT 5304 at West Milan, 1952 Dr. Philip R. Hastings Photo
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West Milan |
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Ammonoosuc Lumber Co. Mill Ammonoosuc Lumber Co.'s 25 mile logging railroad originated from West Milan, 1892-1903 |
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Crystal |
Percy |
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Percy |
Stark |
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Bridge East of Groveton |
Groveton Union Station |
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Groveton, built 1893, currently vacant Groveton Yard - Courtesy of Brian Fons |
4551 at Groveton, 1967 |
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Odell Mills - Groveton, NH |
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Groveton Paper Co. |
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Groveton Eagle House - on Main St. near depot |
North Stratford, 1979 |
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North Stratford |
GT 4443 in North Stratford Brian Fons Collection |
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North Stratford from Stevens Hill Postmarked 1915 |
Maine Central RR North Stratford Station |
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New Hampshire Stave & Heading Co. RR (Warner Sugar Refining Co.) #3 Shay, North Stratford, NH (made sugar barrels) |
New Hampshire Stave & Heading Mill #1 Shay "WARNER'S MILL"
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Camp 4 of the NH Stave & Heading Co. in 1909 |
North Stratford Willard House |
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North Stratford Town Hall |
Bloomfield, VT - North Stratford, NH CT River bridge, Nulhegan Lumber Co. to left |
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Island Pond, 1864 Depot and freight house in distance |
Island Pond - not sure where |
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Island Pond, VT, late 1800's |
Island Pond, VT, footbridge, late 1800's Stewart House in background |
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Island Pond Station built 1903 |
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Island Pond RR YMCA Was located just North of the station |
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Caboose 75954 at Island Pond, January 22, 1972 |
Last year-round passenger train at IP, 1960 Click on photo to read caption and story Courtesy of Matthew Morse |
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GT 6029 and 7530, Island Pond - note coaling dock in distance Dr. Philip R. Hastings Photo |
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Island Pond |
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Looking East from the footbridge |
Looking West from the coal dock - shops and roundhouse to right Pipe in upper right is probably for sand |
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Island Pond, 1917 Episcopal Church and Stewart House to left |
Island Pond, circa 1970 |
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Island Pond - station center, freight house right |
1960's photo and caption on the possible replacement of the IP bridge with a grade crossing; building under bridge ramp was the fire station. Courtesy of Matthew Morse |
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GT Crane 50029 and model Modeler Wilbur Frey, left, Thomas (Ted) T. Simard, jr. in cab doorway, man at right is unidentified; 1965, likely at Island Pond More on Wilbur Frey and his models Photo courtesy of Matthew Morse, Mr. Simard's Great Nephew |
50029 in action Courtesy of Matthew Morse |
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Frey model of 1861 Photo courtesy of Matthew Morse |
Clock from the original Island Pond Station 48" Photo courtesy of Matthew Morse |
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GT 7527 0-6-0 - Island Pond, 1949 |
GT 3715 likely at Island Pond in 1955 Photo by Spaulding Sanden |
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732 at Island Pond From John Davis: The 732 made its final run on Apr 7, 1932 with the Gorham-Island Pond wayfreight where it then sat in the deadline until finally being hauled to East Deering and scrapped in July 1940. It was the last GT-NEL engine to still have block lettering on the tender. |
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GT 2-8-2 3410, based out of Island Pond, shown here at Virginia, Minnesota on June 25, 1955 while on loan to the DW&P, a CN subsidiary (Thanks to Al Paterson for this information!) |
GT 4441 at Island Pond, October 28, 1989 |
Woodchip hoppers in IP Brian Fons Collection |
75963 at Island Pond, August 31, 1986 |
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GT Plow 55461 at Island Pond, April 21, 1979 |
GT Plow 55461 at Island Pond, May 14, 1988 |
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GT 59307 at Island Pond, September 25, 1965 |
Island Pond's Stewart House Owned by W.A. Richardson in 1888 Burned April 3rd, 1929 |
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Summit Photo shows Jennie Thompson Ladd,
wife of Charles Ladd ( Courtesy of Al Witham, Flora's grandson |
Summit Agent Charles Ira Ladd, wife Jennie, and daughter Flora
Courtesy of Al Witham |
Grave stone of Jennie Thompson, wife of Charles Ira Ladd. She
was buried in Courtesy of Al Witham |
Saw Mills abt 1/2 mile E. of Norton Mills Station Watercolor by John M.C. Muir from the Muir Album, Grand Trunk Railway Survey Party from Portland, Maine to Montreal, Quebec, Summer 1878, p. 69 |
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Norton station/customs house, 1919 |
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Norton, VT; bridge to left is US/Canada Border |
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The Canadian end of the line |
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Coaticook, Quebec |
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Compton, Quebec |
Lennoxville, Quebec |
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Sherbrooke, Quebec |
Sherbrooke |
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Brompton |
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Brompton Falls (Bromptonville), May 28, 1903 Clarke Sawmill in Brompton, 1885 Photo courtesy of Mario Hains |
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Tobin Manufacturing in Bromptonville, June 17, 1907 |
Windsor Mills - 1910 |
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Richmond |
Acton-Vale |
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Upton - mailed 1910 |
St. Hyacinthe |
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St. Hyacinthe |
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Longueuil was the end of the line until the Victoria Bridge was built |
St. Lambert |
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St. Lambert |
Building the Victoria Bridge, 1859 Originally built as a square iron tube |
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Alex Henderson, Montreal, Photographer |
Victoria Bridge portal |
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Victoria Bridge, 1863 |
Rebuilding Victoria Bridge, 1897 |
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Victoria Bridge over St. Lawrence |
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Pointe St. Charles Yard in Montreal, 1898 |
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Pointe St. Charles Coal Tower, 1894 |
Pointe St. Charles Railroad YMCA, built 1904 |
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Montreal Harbor - JG Parks, photographer |
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Bonaventure Station, Montreal |
CNR Central Station, Montreal - 1945 |
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GTR Montreal Offices, 1915 Building on left is extant, on McGill St. |
Montreal Grain Elevator and Docks |
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Montreal Freight Terminal |
International Limited - ran between Portland and Chicago via Montreal |
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Links to more historical Images Grand Trunk Collection at Maine Memory Network Portland Company Collection at Maine Memory Network Grand Trunk/CN/StL&A Images by Steve Deveau Robert A. Staples' page on the CN lines East of Montreal Robert A. Staples' page on the Maine Central - Photos of Yarmouth and Danville Junctions Railroad Stations in New Hampshire CN Images of Canada Gallery (not much on Grand Trunk NE...yet) John Henry Hill's "Atlantic & St. Lawrence Railroad" History Historical Images Modern Day Images Maps Track & Industry Plans Timetables Miscellaneous Related Links Recommended Reading Modern St. Lawrence & Atlantic Aerial Photos Modeling/TrainSim |
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