Toys and Rails Mark Maine's Modern Rise in Rail Travel
The piece traces Maine and national rail progress over the last 25 years, noting new rails and steel bridges, safer block signals, air brakes, and updated tracks. It recalls historic engines including the 1868 A. D. Lockwood once run by Mr. Given, famed as "The queen of the road" between Portland and Waterville.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Maine
A. D. Lockwood
Given
Portland Company
Port
Portland and
Kennebec Railroad
Bath
William Harmon
Sv’s
Low
George Ingalls
Pitch Pine Hill
Winneganee
Mr. Ingalls
Parker Rogers
W. Mathes & Son
Peter Peterson
Mr. Peterson
Rogers’ Neck
Locomotive lore and tidal power plans emerge in Bath region
Old time railroad man Charles S. Given of Bowdoinham preserves loco pictures including the General Sheridan and Reuel Williams, while readers learn of widespread brush fires in Woolwich Georgetown Phippsburg and a proposal to harness Winnegance tides via a reservoir and gravity power system to supply cheap energy for Bath industries.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Charles S. Given
Bowdoinham
General Sheridan
Reuel Williams
Bath
Augusta
Phippsburg
Georgetown
Bay Point
Charles W. Lauriat
U. S. Revenue Service
Popham Beach
Feas
Ible
High Hill
High Street
Winnegance
Mann
Industrial Education Meeting in Morse High School
A State Commission on Industrial Education address at Morse High School Assembly Hall, led by State Superintendent Payson Smith. The panel discussed reforming schooling to fit industrial needs, noting current bias toward professional tracks and declining high school attendance. Denmark’s agricultural education outcomes were highlighted as a model for reform.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Assembly Hall
Morse High School
State Commission On Industrial Education
Webber
Bath Merchants’ Association
Payson Smith
Smith
University of Maine
Francis A. Norton
Portland High School
C. 8. Stetson
State Grange
W. E. Sargent
Hebron Academy
George Emery Fellows
Denmark
Maine
United States
Early Maine locomotives and notable engines 24 long service
The piece recalls Maine Central railway history with two early locomotives Maine and No 68. Maine built 1851 by Portland Company, later No 24 under Maine Central, a wood burner with 16 by 20 inch cylinders, no cab, ornate brass plate, dismantled 1887. No 68 built 1880 hauled express with No 67. engineer Al Killgore famed for speed until Riverside collision 1883.
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Maine
Portland and
Kennebec Road
Maine Central
Portland Company
Portland
Bangor
al. Killgore
Riverside
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John M.clark
Conducted BY
Wm. C
Chadbourne
Front St
Sagadahock Block
Bath, Maine
Cumberland
New York
Broadway
Sith ST
Sth Street
Ford Street
Grand Central Depot
Boston
Dope's
Central Park New
Eas
Harry P Stimson
Ston
7Th Ave
38Th St
Ladies
GEO
L. Sanborn
Edgar T. Smith
Cyrus W Longley
Front Sr
Room
Bath, ME
Land and
Waterville
G. W. Pickering
Woolwich
James Stevens
Railroad Section
Rogers
William Bowker
Meadowbrook
John A. Small
Morse Brothers
John G. Morse & Sons
Winneganeee
Relel Willdeams
State Commission
Independent
Lewiston
Sherwin- Williams
Johnson Bros
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