The Portland, Saco and Portsmouth Railroad (PS&P) was a railroad in Maine that ran from Portland via Saco to South Berwick. It began operations in 1842...
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new Boston and Maine Railroad. On February 23, 1843, the B&M opened to Agamenticus, on the line of the Portland, Saco and Portsmouth Railroad in South Berwick...
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the York Manufacturing Company. With the arrival of the Portland, Saco and Portsmouth Railroad in 1842, Factory Island developed into a major textile manufacturing...
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to share the Portland, Saco and Portsmouth Railroad's tracks in Maine, which allowed both railroads to begin providing Boston-to-Portland service. On April...
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Boston and Maine Railroad and Eastern Railroad reach an agreement to both lease the Portland, Saco and Portsmouth Railroad as a joint line to Portland, Maine...
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Railway Portland, Gray and Lewiston Railroad Portland–Lewiston Interurban Portsmouth, Dover and York Street Railway Portsmouth, Kittery and York Street Railway...
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History of Maine (section Railroads)
the Portland, Saco and Portsmouth Railroad, incorporated by the legislature on March 14, 1837. This was a crucial step in the development of railroads in...
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Casco Bay (section Geography and topography)
and Casco Bay Railroad. In 1842, Maine's first railway was established with the initiation of service on the Portland, Saco and Portsmouth Railroad connecting...
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The first railroad that came to South Berwick was the Portland, Saco and Portsmouth Railroad (PS&P), in 1842. The Boston and Maine Railroad (B&M) extended...
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Biddeford Saco Old Orchard Beach Transit, Brunswick Link, Community Connector, Cooperative Alliance for Seacoast Transportation, Greater Portland Metro,...
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shops in July 1848 for delivery to the Portland, Saco & Portsmouth (later part of the Boston and Maine Railroad). Over the next several decades, the company...
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through the notch to Lancaster in 1803. The turnpike and later Portland and Ogdensburg Railroad through Crawford Notch opened a new route through the...
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predecessor Portland, Saco and Portsmouth Railway and became the southern terminal of the connecting standard gauge Kennebec and Portland Railroad. Milepost...
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Scarborough, Maine (category Portland metropolitan area, Maine)
about 1630, John V. Stratton opened a trading post on Stratton Island in Saco Bay off Scarborough's shore. In 1631, the Plymouth Council for New England...
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Beach and Ferry Beach abut the marsh with frontage on Saco Bay. The Eastern Trail, on right-of-way of the former Portland, Saco & Portsmouth Railroad, provides...
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Hart's Location, New Hampshire (category Official website different in Wikidata and Wikipedia)
Hart of Portsmouth, New Hampshire. In 1772, the land was granted to Thomas Chadbourne, also of Portsmouth. Native Americans used a trail up the Saco River...
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at the Maine Narrow Gauge Railroad Museum in Portland, Maine. In 1957, the East Tennessee and Western North Carolina Railroad was revived as a tourist...
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The railroad history of Portland, Maine, began in 1842 with the arrival of the Portland, Saco & Portsmouth Railroad (PS&P). Most of the rail activity...
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North Berwick, Maine (category Portland metropolitan area, Maine)
the arrival of the Portland, Saco & Portsmouth Railroad, joined by the Boston & Maine Railroad in 1873. North Berwick became a railroad hub from which its...
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Conway, New Hampshire (category Official website different in Wikidata and Wikipedia)
Pequawket Indians, an Algonquian Abenaki tribe. Along the Saco River they fished, hunted or farmed, and lived in wigwams sheltered within stockades. In 1642...
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Kennebunk station (category Former Boston and Maine Railroad stations)
1840s until 1873, the Boston and Maine Railroad (B&M) used the Portsmouth, Saco and Portland Railroad to reach Portland, Maine. That year, after the joint...
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Maine (redirect from Hispanics and Latinos in Maine)
passenger service between Brunswick and Boston's North Station, with stops in Freeport, Portland, Old Orchard Beach, Saco, and Wells. The Downeaster makes five...
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Fryeburg, Maine (section Transportation and commerce)
War, the Portland and Ogdensburg Railroad passed through town, bringing tourists escaping the heat and pollution of cities. Inns, hotels and boarding...
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Portland-Lewiston Interurban Baggage/express/mail car #8 of the Mousam River Railroad (unpowered trailer) Passenger car #31 of the Biddeford and Saco...
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(Wilmington, Delaware) Ernie and the Emperors (Santa Barbara, California) The Escapades (Memphis, Tennessee) Euphoria's Id (Saco, Maine) Evil (Miami, Florida)...
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quarries, four in number in 1908, were on either side of the Saco River, south-east and south-west of North Conway; their output is coarse constructional...
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U.S. Route 1 (category Historic trails and roads in Dedham, Massachusetts)
US 4 in Portsmouth Maine I-95 in Kittery I-195 in Saco I-295 in South Portland. The highways travel concurrently to Portland. US 302 in Portland I-495 in...
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Dover, New Hampshire (category Official website different in Wikidata and Wikipedia)
in August and September 1723, there were Indian raids on Saco, Maine, and Dover, New Hampshire. The following year Dover was raided again and Elizabeth...
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River from the Maine Central Railroad "back road" at Oakland, Maine. The line originally shared the Maine Central Portland gauge of 5 ft 6 in (1,676 mm)...
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town tramway systems in North America (covers countries other than U.S. and Canada) List of street railways in Canada List of town tramway systems in...
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