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    Circa Date

    1898

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    The Penobscot Central Railroad was approved in 1893 by the Maine legislature. A petition to the Maine Railroad Commissioners in 1896 asks for approval to construct and operate an electric street-railroad from Bangor through the towns of Glenburn, Kenduskeag, Levant, Corinth, Exeter, Charleston and Garland, a distance of some 35 miles. The railroad appears to have had financial difficulties from the start. Sometime around 1900 a powerhouse was built at Kenduskeag, and the cars, which had formerly used gasoline motors, began operating with electricity. This expense caused a need for bonds to be issued and by 1905 the bondholders had foreclosed. The report of the Maine Railroad Commissioners for 1905 the last in which this railroad appears, shows an operating deficit and also indicates that the line was now the Penobscot Central Railroad Company of New Haven, Connecticut.

    Source: Railroad Survey Books and Profiles Collection, 1871-1892, Special Collections, Raymond H. Fogler Library, University of Maine

    Opening day for the railroad was in late 1898. The railroad apparently did not last even two years. President of the railroad was Flavius O. Beal, former mayor of Bangor and otherwise long-term business and political figure in Bangor.

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    Penobscot Central Railroad, Bangor Maine, railroad history Maine, railroad history Bangor Maine

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    20.4 x 15.2 cm

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