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Locomotives -- History -- Maine

 Subject
Subject Source: Library of Congress Subject Headings

Found in 2 Collections and/or Records:

Richard F. Dole Locomotive Roster

 Collection
Identifier: SpC MS 1340-sc
Scope and Contents

A document (photocopy) outlining the history of locomotives used on various railroad lines in Maine including the Bangor and Piscataquis Canal and Railroad Co., the Bangor, Oldtown and Milford Railroad Co., the European and North American Railway Co., the Penobscot & Kennebec Railroad, the Portland and Kennebec Railroad Co., the Portland & Ogdensburg Railroad, and the Washington County Railway Co.

Dates: 1960

Lion Locomotive Collection

 Collection
Identifier: SpC MS 1461
Abstract Contains correspondence about the locomotive, its history and its transfer from place to place. Many letters are to and from W.J. Sweetser, professor of mechanical engineering at the University of Maine, and H.D. Watson, head of the mechanical engineering department. Other letters are from Louis Ibbotson, librarian at the university, John R. Lyman, chair of the mechanical engineering department in the 1970s, and university presidents Arthur Hauck and Howard Neville. The collection also...
Dates: 1937-1995