Polished original Brass window latches for the right lower section of each
Seashore Trolley Museum in Kennebunkport, Maine. All images,
unless otherwise noted, are from PWM
I originally released this blog post on December 28, 2015. Reposting it after a server that I originally used to store images in 2015 is offline now for me, so, all the images in all the blog posts that were released the first 15 months were disconnected from the posts...and little by little I'm rebuilding each of those early posts. This is now redone...and re-released :)
Restoration work on the exterior of the 1912 Narcissus is moving along nicely. For these large restoration projects, it is important to be working at the moment, however, you must also be planning for the months of work ahead. With this in mind, the brass components for the Narcissus were removed from storage, photographed, assessed, and inventoried. Some of these components had been cleaned and polished nearly twenty years ago! Other components needed to be cleaned and will be polished later. This post is brass-specific :) Not all brass components are pictured here. These pieces are more evidence of the sheer beauty of this high-speed luxury interurban. Add in the forty ornate leaded stained glass windows, and the Santo Domingo mahogany interior, with inlay, and you have an unbelievable riding experience....and, at up to 80mph! Narcissus represented Maine beautifully to its most prestigious passenger, Colo. Theodore Roosevelt, on August 18, 1914. The 26th President of the United States traveled from Lewiston, ME to Portland, ME in luxury that day!
Polished original Brass window lift latches for passenger windows.
A polished brass window guide for the Narcissus.
This is one of the "short" guides.
Pat. Pending date 6.16.1908.
Polished brass window guides for the Narcissus. Interestingly, the
"longer" guides have two Pat. Pending dates. 6.16.1908 and
5.12.1914. The Narcissus was built in the Laconia Car Company
Works plant in 1912. The longer, "1914" window guides,
must have been added later in the interurban's life.
Polished brass door handles
A few of the brass hinges for the clerestory ornate,
Brass door handles.
Large brass door hinges.
Door guides that were cleaned and polished in
December 1996 by the late
Museum member/volunteer Lee Johnson.
One of four large latches.
One of the many door components.
Door latch.
Vestibule component.
Four of these door latches
Light socket component Pat.
Pending date November 26, 1907.
Light socket components. Brass covers for the
porcelain base of the sockets.
Light socket components
Door bumper components.
A few of the hundreds of brass screws. Flatheads, oval heads, and round
heads. All slotted. No Phillips's heads :
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We continue the restoration work on the 1912, Narcissus, the only surviving high-speed, luxury interurban coach of the Portland-Lewiston Interurban.
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Being more than a century old, the stately, "Elegant Ride," Narcissus, is a gem. This shimmering precious stone of Maine transportation history is brilliantly resplendent as it emanates so many elements of history, including; time, places, people, and events, that it was coupled to, that when just a smattering of its seemingly innumerable stories are shared, the contents captivates, fascinates, then generates, interest to learn more 🙋. The majestic Narcissus is listed in the National Register of Historic Places.
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The restoration of this majestic icon of Maine's electric railway history is but one in a series of captivating stories containing an abundance of incredible coalition of narratives.
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The Narcissus is featured in the national Gold Award-winning novel, Teddy Roosevelt, Millie, and the Elegant Ride. The "Elegant Ride" is the Narcissus. Theodore Roosevelt was a passenger on the Narcissus on August 18, 1914, between Lewiston and Portland, Maine, while campaigning for the Progressive Party candidates.
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Independent book publisher, Phil Morse, holding
the Gold Book Award Winner plaque for
the Middle Reader category for The Eric
Hoffer Book Award. Congratulations to
award-winning Maine author,
Jean M. Flahive
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