Resources for the Early Railroads Exhibit:
B. O. & M.
Cardin, Bob. Old Veazie Railroad 1836, one of America’s very first railroads, A vignette of local history and self-guided tour. Bangor, Galen Cole Family Foundation, 1992. Print.
Curran, Mary H. comp. History of the old Bangor, Old Town, and Milford Railroad 1836 – 1869. Typed Manuscript, BPL collection, 1915. Print.
History of Penobscot County Maine, with illustrations and biographical sketches. Cleveland, William Chase & Co., 1882 (page 192). Print.
Report of the Railroad Commissioners of the State of Maine. Augusta: Stevens and Sayward, 1860, 1864, 1866, 1867. Print.
Penobscot River Railroad
History of Penobscot County Maine, with illustrations and biographical sketches. Cleveland: William Chase & Co., 1882 (page 192). Print.
European and North American Railroad
History of Penobscot County Maine, with illustrations and biographical sketches.
Cleveland: William Chase & Co., 1882 (page 193). Print.
Report of the Railroad Commissioners of the State of Maine. Augusta: Stevens and Sayward, 1867. Print.
Report of the Railroad Commissioners of the State of Maine. Augusta: Sprague, Owen and Nash, 1871, 1875, 1876. Print.
Bucksport and Bangor Railroad
History of Penobscot County Maine, with illustrations and biographical sketches. Cleveland: William Chase & Co., 1882 (page 194). Print.
Report of the Railroad Commissioners of the State of Maine. Augusta: Sprague, Owen and Nash, 1871, 1875, 1876. Print.
Maine Central Railroad
History of Penobscot County Maine, with illustrations and biographical sketches. Cleveland: William Chase & Co., 1882 (page 192-193). Print.
Maine, State of, Supreme Judicial Court, Cumberland County, Western District, Law Term 1876. The State of Maine vs. The Maine Central Railroad Company. Augusta, State of Maine, 1876. Print.
Report of the Railroad Commissioners of the State of Maine. Augusta: Stevens and Sayward, 1860, 1864, 1866, 1867. Print.
Report of the Railroad Commissioners of the State of Maine. Augusta: Sprague, Owen and Nash, 1871, 1875, 1876. Print.
Wheeler, William A. The Maine Central Railroad 1847 – 1947. Augusta, Maine Central Railroad Company, 1947. Print.
President Grant Visit
Bangor Daily Whig and Courier (Newspaper) October 14, 1871 through October 20, 1871. Bangor Public Library. Microfilm.
New York Times (Newspaper), October 18, 1871. Web.
Tin Bridge Wreck
Bangor Daily Whig and Courier (Newspaper) August 10, 1871. Bangor Public Library. Microfilm.