Mechanic Falls station

Mechanic Falls
View of station in 1967
General information
Location	63 Elm Street Mechanic Falls, Maine United States.
Coordinates	44°06′34″N 70°23′21″W
Construction
Structure type	two floors
Other information
Status	demolished
History
Opened	1883
Closed	1965
Previous names	Grand Trunk Railroad
Former services
Preceding station Canadian National Railway Following station Oxford toward Montreal Montreal – Portland Empire Road toward Portland
Route map to Sainte-Rosalie Acton Vale Richmond Windsor Bromptonville Sherbrooke Lennoxville Coaticook USA/Canada Norton Island Pond North Stratford Groveton Berlin Gorham Bethel South Paris Oxford Mechanics Falls Lewiston Auburn Yarmouth Portland This diagram: view talk edit

The Mechanic Falls station was a historic railroad station in Mechanic Falls, Maine. The station, located on Elm Street, was built in 1883 by the Grand Trunk Railroad linking Mechanic Falls with Montreal and Portland, Maine.[1] The village was named Mechanic Falls in honor of mechanics who worked there during the industrial revolution. The village grew especially after the arrival of the St. Lawrence & Atlantic Railroad toward the end of 1840. The railroad opened the village to several business ventures between Portland and Montreal.[2]

After the cessation of rail services at the station in 1965, it was demolished in 1968. Only the storage depot survived, and is now inhabited as a residence.

Gallery

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  Grand Trunk station in 1913
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  Grand Trunk depot in 1913
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  Grand Trunk depot today

See also

• Grand Trunk railway stations, other stations of Grand Trunk Railway and its subsidiaries

References

1. "Androscoggin History". Newsletter of the Androscoggin Historical Society. Vol. 9, no. 11. Androscoggin Histocial Society. February 1994 – via RootsWeb.
2. Coolidge, Austin J.; Mansfield, John B. (1859). A History and Description of New England. Boston, Massachusetts: A.J. Coolidge. p. 265 – via Archive.org. coolidge mansfield history description new england 1859.

External links

Media related to Mechanic Falls station at Wikimedia Commons