Maine Central Railroad Company promotional photograph albums, ca. 1900-1910.

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Maine Central Railroad Company promotional photograph albums, ca. 1900-1910.

Photographs of landscapes and crowd scenes.

3 photograph albums.

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SNAC Resource ID: 7946174

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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...