Somerset Railway records, 1866-1929.

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Somerset Railway records, 1866-1929.

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Directors' and stockholders' minutes, stock journal and ledger, bond record, journals, ledgers, cashbooks, comparative statements, bills payable and receivable, disbursements and receipts, freight deliveries, passenger journals, custom work register, and annual reports to the Maine Railroad Commissioners and the U.S. Interstate Commerce Commission.

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Maine Historical Society Library

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Kennebec Valley Railroad Company

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Somerset Railroad

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The Somerset Railroad was founded in 1861 in Oakland, Maine. Reorganized in 1883 as the Somerset Railway, it was sold in 1904 to the Kennebec Valley Railroad Co. and in 1911 to Maine Central. It dissolved in 1929. From the description of Construction and equipment day book, 1868-1883 / Somerset Rail Road. (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 436936426 ...

Somerset Railway

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Chartered in 1860 as Somerset Railroad. It was reorganized and renamed the Somerset Railway in 1883; sold to Kennebec Valley Railroad Company in 1904, retaining name Somerset Railway; sold to Maine Central in 1911 and was dissolved in 1929. From the description of Somerset Railway records, 1866-1929. (Maine Historical Society Library). WorldCat record id: 474963804 ...

Maine Central Railroad Company

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In 1845 the Androscoggin & Kennebec Railroad was chartered to build a line from Danville Junction on the Atlantic & St. Lawrence (Grand Trunk) to Waterville, and the Penobscot & Kennebec Railroad was chartered to extend the Androscoggin & Kennebec line to Bangor. The former line was completed to Waterville in 1849, and the first train entered Bangor over the latter road in August, 1855. These railroads, forming a continuous line between Danville Junction and Bangor, were consolid...

Maine. Board of Railroad Commissioners

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United States. Interstate Commerce Commission

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Clyde Bruce Aitchison (1875-1962) was an attorney and Interstate Commerce Commissioner. He was born in Iowa, educated at Hastings College, Neb., University of Oregon, and American University. He began the practice of law at Council Bluffs, Iowa in 1896, and moved to Portland, Ore., in 1903. He was Commissioner of the Oregon Railroad Commission and its successor the Public Service Commission, 1907-1916, and solicitor for the National Association of Railroad Commissioners, 1916-1917. From 1917 to ...