Records, 1850-1963 (bulk 1880-1920).

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Records, 1850-1963 (bulk 1880-1920).

The collection contains records of the Maine Central Railroad Company and some of its subsidiary companies. Series I includes minutes of meetings, correspondence of various company officials, personnel and financial records, and general administrative records. Series II contains ledgers from various subsidiary companies. It includes financial information from the Eastern Maine Railway Company, 1882-1883; an inventory of property, 1882, of the European and North American Railway; and financial information from the Maine Railways Companies. Also included is outgoing correspondence from the Portland and Rumford Falls Railway, the Portland, Mt. Desert and Machias Steamboat Company, the Portland Terminal Company, the Ricker Hotel Company, the Sandy River & Rangeley Lakes Railroad, and the Washington County Railroad Company.

11 boxes (15 cubic feet)55.5 linear feet of ledgers.

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SNAC Resource ID: 7754935

Raymond H. Fogler Library

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Portland, Mt. Desert, and Machias Steamboat Company

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Steamboat line serving the Maine coast. From the description of Portland, Mt. Desert, and Machias Steamboat Company records, 1865-1927. (Maine Historical Society Library). WorldCat record id: 658058531 ...

Eastern Maine Railway Company

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Eastern Maine Railway Company reorganized in 1882 from the Bucksport and Bangor Railroad Company; leased to the Maine Central Railroad Company in 1936 and sold to Maine Central in 1938. From the description of Eastern Maine Railway Company records, 1882-1936. (Maine Historical Society Library). WorldCat record id: 472608785 Sold to Maine Central Railroad Company in 1938. From the description of Records, 1882-1938. (Maine Historical Society Library). WorldCat reco...

Sandy River and Rangeley Lakes Railroad (1908-1936)

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Sandy River and Rangeley Lakes Railroad Company formed in 1908 from the Sandy River Railroad Company and others; rails removed in 1936. In 1985 name reactivated and now operated as a tourist excursion line. From the description of Sandy River and Rangeley Lakes Railroad records, 1920-1923. (Maine Historical Society Library). WorldCat record id: 74985353 ...

Maine Railways Companies.

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Portland & Rumford Falls Railway

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The Portland & Rumford Falls Railway was chartered in 1890 and opened its first line in 1892. In 1907 it was leased by the Maine Central Railroad. From the description of Ticket cash book. 1904-1906. (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 248673081 Chartered in 1890 as the Portland and Rumford Falls Railway Company, bought the Rumford Falls and Buckfield Railroad, and the Portland and Oxford Central Railroad Company in 1896; renamed Portland and Rumford Falls Railroad Co. in 190...

European and North American Railway Company

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The European and North American Railway Company was chartered by the Maine legislature in 1850 to construct a railroad to an ice free harbor in New Brunswick or Nova Scotia in order to shorten ocean voyages between North America and Europe. The company was incorporated in 1853 with John A. Poor as president. Building plans languished for years but were revived in 1864 when funding was secured. The company received credit of $1,000,000 from the city of Bangor to build the line and was also grante...

Ricker Hotel Company

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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...

Portland Terminal Company

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Chartered 1911; owned by Maine Central Railroad Co.; a railroad terminal company responsible for the operation of Rigby Yard in South Portland, Me. From the description of Portland Terminal Company records, 1911-1955. (Maine Historical Society Library). WorldCat record id: 82154380 Portland Terminal Company, Portland, Me., chartered 1911; owned by Maine Central Railroad Company. From the description of Portland Terminal Company records, 1917-1924. (Maine Historic...

Washington County Railroad Company

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