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Railroad Survey Books And Profiles Collection, 1871-1892, Special Collections, Raymond H. Fogler Library, University Of Maine Jan 2015

Railroad Survey Books And Profiles Collection, 1871-1892, Special Collections, Raymond H. Fogler Library, University Of Maine

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The collection also contains various items which document efforts to develop railroads in Castine, Maine. Included are minutes of meetings held by citizens of Castine in 1871 "to consider and promote such measures as will make Castine the western terminus of the proposed railroad from the St. Croix to the waters of the Penobscot." Later records include preliminary surveys done for the Castine and Bangor Railroad in 1887 and 1888. There is no indication that this line was ever built.


Maine Central Railroad Company Records, 1850-1963, Special Collections, Raymond H. Fogler Library, University Of Maine Jan 2015

Maine Central Railroad Company Records, 1850-1963, Special Collections, Raymond H. Fogler Library, University Of Maine

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The collection contains records of the Maine Central Railroad Company and some of its subsidiary companies. The collection is arranged in two series: I. Executive and administrative records and II. Records of subsidiaries and ancillary companies.