Bangor Railway & Electric Company's No. 14 in Hampden.
One-of-seven, 8-wheel (double-truck), light-weight, safety
cars built in 1921, that arrived in Bangor from the Wason
Company in Springfield, MA, in 1922. Primarily used for the
Hampden and Brewer line. Numbered 6, 8, 10, 12, 14, 16,
and 18, all were sold in 1942 to the Johnstown (PA)
Traction Company (JTC), where they were renumbered
from 305 through 311. All but No. 311 were scrapped in
1947. No. 311 stayed in service until 1961. No. 311 was
saved and sold to the Rockhill Trolley Museum (PA)
See more about Bangor's only surviving trolley and
its happy home in Rockhill Furnace, PA.
Photo courtesy of Joel Salomon
One-of-seven, 8-wheel (double-truck), light-weight, safety
cars built in 1921, that arrived in Bangor from the Wason
Company in Springfield, MA, in 1922. Primarily used for the
Hampden and Brewer line. Numbered 6, 8, 10, 12, 14, 16,
and 18, all were sold in 1942 to the Johnstown (PA)
Traction Company (JTC), where they were renumbered
from 305 through 311. All but No. 311 were scrapped in
1947. No. 311 stayed in service until 1961. No. 311 was
saved and sold to the Rockhill Trolley Museum (PA)
See more about Bangor's only surviving trolley and
its happy home in Rockhill Furnace, PA.
Photo courtesy of Joel Salomon
A screenshot from Google Maps on 2-29-2020
of where I think the intersection is in Hampden that
Car 14 is seen in the above photo
Here is the newest release in the Maine Bicentennial series of electric railways in Maine. This blog post features the Bangor Railway & Electric Company summary/images from the book, "Bangor Street Railway" by Charles D. Heseltine, published as Transportation Bulletin No. 81 January -December 1974 through Connecticut Valley Chapter of the National Railway Historical Society copyright 1976 Roger Borrup and Charles D. Heseltine. Some text/images may be from the NEERHS 2015 publication, "The Illustrated Atlas of Maine's Street & Electric Railways 1863-1946. Additional images will be credited.
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Fully restored as Johnstown Traction Company (JTC) No. 311
in operation at Rockhill Trolley Museum in Rockhill Furnace,
PA. No. 311 is the former Bangor Railway & Electric Company's
No. 14. When it was retired from service in Johnstown, PA in
1961, No. 311 was the last of its type to be operated in
any United States city on a regular schedule. Photo from
Joel Salomon, Rockhill Trolley Museum
Passengers enjoying their ride on restored JTC No. 311
while in operation at Rockhill Trolley Museum. Formerly
No. 14 of the Bangor Railway & Electric Company, operating
most often on the Hampden and Brewer line. When saved,
JTC No. 311, was the first car acquired by Rockhill Trolley
Museum. Photo from Rockhill Trolley Museum's website.
Wason Car Company's builder's photo from 1921 of the interior
of Bangor Railway & Electric Company's No. 16, the sister
car to No. 14, now restored as Johnstown Traction Company
No. 311 at Rockhill Trolley Museum.
Photo courtesy of Pennsylvania Trolley Museum
Early in the 1900s, the electric railways serving the three largest population centers in Maine; Portland, Lewiston, and Bangor, had attracted the attention of New York and Philadelphia's financial interests. In some cases, these out-of-state interests were syndicates. In some cases, individuals within these syndicates or the individual syndicate would acquire shares in a railway company in Maine with plans to take control of the particular railway. Ultimately, many of the electric railways in Maine, were at one time or another, controlled by these various syndicates. The three city-centered systems succumbed to the syndicates with first Bangor, followed by Lewiston, and then finally Portland, on February 1, 1912. Through A. B. Leach & Company of New York, E. W. Clark & Company of Philadelphia, and J. and W. Seligman & Company of New York (brokerage houses), were in control of the Lewiston, Augusta & Waterville, the Bangor Railway & Electric Company, and the Portland Railroad.
Bangor Railway & Electric Company
June 30, 1905, was the date of the consolidation at which time the various water power, electric light, and street railway properties were reorganized in a merger creating the Bangor Railway & Electric Company.
Bangor Street Railway, Bangor, Orono & Old Town Railway, Penobscot Central Railway/Bangor and Northern, and the Bangor, Hampden & Winterport Railway all came to be merged with the Bangor Railway & Electric Company.
On behalf of the General Electric Company, which held large interests in the Bangor corporations, John R. Graham was called into service to consolidate the Bangor properties. The predecessor of the Bangor Railway and Electric Company was the Old Town Electric Company which had been organized in 1889. The name of the corporation was changed by an act of the legislature in 1905. The act permitted the newly organized Bangor Railway & Electric Company to purchase, or otherwise acquire, the various lighting, street railway, and water power companies of the area.
Development of both the street railways and the power company in Bangor may fully be credited to John R. Graham. The consolidation of most of the entities took place on April 1, 1905. The consolidation was completed in February 1906 with the addition of the 28 miles and the equipment of Penobscot/Bangor & Northern Railway, which became the Charleston Division of the Bangor Railway & Electric Company (BR&E).
The early years of the consolidation focused on investing in improvements to infrastructure, power sources, and overall service to patrons. These improvements included a rotary substation being built at Kenduskaeg Village and considerable money being spent on improving River Park on the Hampden line and the Charleston Division. Service improvements to patrons included transfer privileges extended to the Charleston Division with free transfers issued on the local lines covering the first fare zone on the Charleston run. Seven daily round trips through Charleston, and hourly service to North Bangor and Kenduskeag Village.
Extra cars to meet passengers at various train stations and the Eastern Steamship Company. This resulted in considerable baggage and express business. in an attempt to develop the agricultural economy of the area served by the Charleston Division, the BR&E established a "model farm" close to the Six Miles Falls carbarn to demonstrate modern techniques in farming. This was done in collaboration with experts from the State College in Orono. The company also built several potato storage houses along the route to serve as collection centers for the crop.
A new, modern carhouse with repair facilities was built on lower Main Street and opened in 1906. It was claimed to be the first use of reinforced concrete for this type of structure.
Old wooden bridges were a problem. Even though portions of the bridge between Bangor and Brewer were upgraded in 1902/3, trolley cars were still not permitted to cross. The bridge over the Stillwater River in Orono was condemned for use by trolley cars later in 1907. The bridge over the Segeunkedunk Stream. The fire of 1911 badly damaged the two municipal bridges over the Kenduskeag Stream. The bridge at Six Mile Falls was washed out in 1920.
The great Bangor fire of 1911 claimed the general offices of the BR&E as well as the Park Street substation. Much of the heart of the business section of Bangor was lost.
BR&E continued making improvements. A one-mile extension of the Hampden line was made to Dorothea Dix Park late in 1913. Finally, on September 28, 1914, electric cars commenced operations over the newly completed steel bridge over the Penobscot River between Bangor and Brewer, linking the Brewer Division with the rest of the system.
John R. Graham died on August 24, 1915. He was succeeded as president of the BR&E by Erastus C. Ryder, who was replaced in 1920 by Edward M. Graham, John's son. Edward served until 1958 when he was named chairman of the Board of the Bangor Hydro-Electric Company.
During WWl, the Bangor system became the third-largest electric freight line carrier in our Pine Tree State, topped only by the Lewiston, Augusta & Waterville Street Railway, and the Atlantic Shore Railway. The old Penobscot Central route, which became the Charleston Division was primarily a freight line. A total of 94,353 car miles were reported by the freight department for the year ending June 30, 1919, with freight income at $52,644.81. Inflation during the war years added to the troubles of reduced ridership. Passenger receipts for the 1919 year ending June 30, amounted to $432,683.64. Operating expenses outstripped income, a troubling trend.
Certain reorganizations in the financial structure of the Bangor Railway & Electric Company resulted when the General Electric Company divested itself of its subsidiary, the Electric Bond & Share Company, in 1924. As a result, the Bangor Hydro-Electric Company was organized on June 9, 1924. Stock in this new corporation was exchanged on an equal basis for stock in the Bangor Railway & Electric company. The new company formally took over operation on March 1, 1925
At that time, the Bangor trolley system was operating a total of 58.73 miles of mainline track, including the lengthy Charleston line. The high watermark for the number of passengers carried and net earnings was during 1921, with 7,835,046 passengers carried. 1914 was actually the year with the highest net earnings from railway operations at $166,135.
Theodore Roosevelt on the Narcissus when addressing
No. 32 is about to leave Market Square, Bangor for Charleston,
in 1915, as conductor Arthur L. Cameron at left and Motoman,
William Wood pose. No. 32 is a combination built by J. G. Brill Co.
in 1906. The sliding door in the background is for loading
freight. Image from Charles D. Heseltine Collection
J. G. Brill Co. builder's photo of combination car No. 32
in Philadelphia, PA in 1906 before being shipped to Bangor.
A combine or combination car was designed to handle express
or light freight and also carry passengers. Generally,
one-third of the car compartment was for freight, usually
with a sliding door on one or both sides of the body, and
two-thirds of the car compartment had seats for carrying
passengers. Combines were commonly used on rural lines.
Image from Charles D. Heseltine Collection
Bangor local lines
Map by Charles D. Heseltine in the NEERHS 2015
publication, "The Illustrated Atlas of Maine's Street & Electric
Railways 1863-1946.
No. M-1, a 1903 Wason Car Company 4-wheel Shear/plow
was purchased used from Eastern Mass. St. Rwy.
Image from the Edwin "Bill" Robertson Coll. PWM
Bangor, Orono & Old Town Railway
Map by Charles D. Heseltine in the
2015 publication, "The Illustrated Atlas of
Maine's Street & Electric Railways 1863-1946.
No. M-6, a 1901 Ruggles Co., 8-wheel, double-truck rotary
snowblower used on the Old Town line.
Image from the Edwin "Bill" Robertson Coll. PWM
No. 34, like No. 32, is a combination car. Here No. 34 is in
Kenduskeag Villiage on the Charleston line. Circa 1910
Image from Charles D. Heseltine Collection
Penobscot Central Railway
Map by Charles D. Heseltine in the
2015 publication, "The Illustrated Atlas of
Maine's Street & Electric Railways 1863-1946.
On the Charleston line, No. 34 is in East Corinth.
No. 34, like No. 32 was built by J. G. Brill Co. in 1906.
Image from Charles D. Heseltine Collection
Charleston Division
Map by Charles D. Heseltine in the
2015 publication, "The Illustrated Atlas of
Maine's Street & Electric Railways 1863-1946.
No 46, outside of Bangor Union Station was built in 1919
by the American Car Company, is one of the many
"Birney" Safety Cars operated on the Bangor system
These cars required only a motorman for operations,
reducing the need for a conductor, thus reducing payroll costs.
Image from Edwin "Bill" Robertson Coll. PWM
Bangor, Hampden & Winterport Railway
(Never did reach Winterport...btw)
Map by Charles D. Heseltine in the NEERHS 2015
publication, "The Illustrated Atlas of Maine's Street & Electric
Railways 1863-1946.
Wason-built double-truck safety car No. 14. No 14 was sold
in 1942 to the Johnstown (PA) Traction Company (JTC),
where they were renumbered from 305 through 311. All but
No. 311 was scrapped in 1947. No. 311 stayed in service until
1961. No. 311 was saved and sold to the
O. R. Cummings Collection 2009_02_12_013
A postcard of a trolley car stopped at Hampden Corner.
PWM Collection
Veazie hydroelectric station interior photo in the early 1920s.
The major source of power for the Bangor trolleys.
Image from Charles D. Heseltine Collection
Development of both the street railways and the power company in Bangor may fully be credited to John R. Graham. The consolidation of most of the entities took place on April 1, 1905. The consolidation was completed in February 1906 with the addition of the 28 miles and the equipment of Penobscot/Bangor & Northern Railway, which became the Charleston Division of the Bangor Railway & Electric Company (BR&E).
No 32 at the end of the line in Charleston in 1909. No. 32,
a combination car built in 1906 by the J. G. Brill Company.
Image from the Edwin "Bill" Robertson Coll.
No. 9, a 13-bench open car was built in 1912 by the Laconia
Car Company, Laconia, NH with steam railroad roof and
was used on the Hampden line for passengers traveling to
Riverside Park. Image from Charles D. Heseltine Collection
13-bench, double-truck, open car No. 13, with sister open
cars, Nos. 9 and 11 were the last open cars purchased by the
Bangor system and were among the last open cars to be built
for a North American street railway.
Image from Charles D. Heseltine Collection
The "new" Bangor carbarn on Lower Main Street opened in
1906. Image from Charles D. Heseltine Collection
Double-truck, 1921 Wason Car Company-built, safety-car
No. 16 on Central Street in Bangor circa 1932. Sister
to No. 14, became No. 311 in Johnstown (PA)
Traction Company (JTC) in 1942 and is now restored and
operating at Rockhill Trolley Museum.
Photo from Joel Salomon, Rockhill Trolley Museum
Screenshot of Google Maps today
taken from about the same spot
as the photo above with car No 16
on Central Street. Remove the addition
from the top, the red brick building
on the left has an unusual shape and
is located in part on 79 Central St.,
Bangor, Me. I think we have a match:)
1902 freshet washed away the center span and approach to
Bangor-Brewer covered bridge and railroad span in
the foreground. Image from Charles D. Heseltine Collection
Bangor Library was one of the many buildings destroyed in
the 1911 conflagration. This is a 1910 view from the State
Street bridge over the Kenduskeag Stream. The trolley car
in the background is turning onto Harlow Street.
Image from Charles D. Heseltine Collection
Six Mile Falls bridge the day after the trestle bents were swept
away downstream by ice in April 1920. One lonely trolley
looks on. Image from Charles D. Heseltine Collection
BR&E continued making improvements. A one-mile extension of the Hampden line was made to Dorothea Dix Park late in 1913. Finally, on September 28, 1914, electric cars commenced operations over the newly completed steel bridge over the Penobscot River between Bangor and Brewer, linking the Brewer Division with the rest of the system.
Builder's photo of Semi-Convertible car No. 92 at the Wason
Company in 1914, before being shipped to Bangor.
Upper windows in semi-convertible cars could be lifted
and stored in a roof compartment, or removed altogether
allowing for maximum airflow through the car during
warmer weather Image from Charles D. Heseltine Collection
These patented storm windows
were installed on cars like No.
92 for the winter season, along
with electric heaters,
kept the passengers on
the Old Town line is toasty
and warm on Maine's coldest days.
Charles D. Heseltine Collection
Center entrance car No. 10 aboard a steam railroad flatcar
at the Laconia Car Company ready for shipment to Bangor
in 1916. Nos. 8, 10, & 12 were the first of this type for the
Bangor system. A low-step, center entrance,
pre-payment car would accept a crowd of passengers quickly.
They were nicknamed "submarines" and were referred to as
U-8, U-10, and U-12. They had Radiax-type trucks with
"floating axles" that were difficult to rerail and
seemed to jump the track and derail fairly frequently.
Image from Charles D. Heseltine Collection
Center Entrance trailer No. 200 in a J. G. Brill Company
builder's photo in 1917. The trailer was converted to a
motorized car in 1919/20 and was renumbered to car No. 98.
builder's photo in 1917. The trailer was converted to a
motorized car in 1919/20 and was renumbered to car No. 98.
Image from Charles D. Heseltine Collection
During WWl, the Bangor system became the third-largest electric freight line carrier in our Pine Tree State, topped only by the Lewiston, Augusta & Waterville Street Railway, and the Atlantic Shore Railway. The old Penobscot Central route, which became the Charleston Division was primarily a freight line. A total of 94,353 car miles were reported by the freight department for the year ending June 30, 1919, with freight income at $52,644.81. Inflation during the war years added to the troubles of reduced ridership. Passenger receipts for the 1919 year ending June 30, amounted to $432,683.64. Operating expenses outstripped income, a troubling trend.
Switching freight at East Corinth on the Charleston line
in the early days of the BR&E 1897 box-express motor
built by J. G. Brill in 1897 for the Bangor, Hampden &
Winterport Railway.
Image from Charles D. Heseltine Collection
The Westland Avenue extension of 1922, bringing together the outer ends of the Hampden Street and Ohio Street lines, was the last major building job of the Bangor system. Forming Westland Ave. Loop in both directions that cars could travel and included combining the State-Garland loop.
At that time, the Bangor trolley system was operating a total of 58.73 miles of mainline track, including the lengthy Charleston line. The high watermark for the number of passengers carried and net earnings was during 1921, with 7,835,046 passengers carried. 1914 was actually the year with the highest net earnings from railway operations at $166,135.
We are still in need of funds for creating the interpretation programs that will tell this fascinating 100+-year-old story of the Narcissus. For information on donation options, scroll down this post and find the one that best fits your position. Fund 816 to help with the restoration and Fund 817 (PLI Education-Interpretation programs ) should be noted when making a donation.
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Click Here for the post that has the short virtual 3-D video of the digital model of the Narcissus, with components added to the file from earlier this year (the gold leaf file had not been added yet).
Restoration work continues on the Narcissus. The Narcissus is more than 110 years old now and has so many incredible stories to share. The restoration of this majestic icon of Maine's electric railway history is but one of those incredible stories.
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.
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
Seashore Trolley Museum Promo Video
The paperback edition of Teddy Roosevelt, Millie, and the Elegant Ride can be purchased online through the Seashore Trolley Museum's store website. Books purchased through the Museum's website directly benefit the Museum and the Narcissus project.
Click Here to go to the Museum Store web page to order online
Click Here to go to the Amazon page to order the ebook or audiobook online
Paperback books are available at these local bookstores in Maine:
Center for Maine Crafts, West Gardiner Service Plaza
The Book Review, Falmouth
The Bookworm, Gorham
Letterpress Books, Portland
Maine Historical Society Store, Portland
Maine Narrow Gauge Railroad, Portland
Morph Gallery & Emporium, Kennebunk
New Gloucester Historical Society, New Gloucester
Nonesuch Books and More, South Portland
Seashore Trolley Museum, Kennebunkport
Sherman's Maine Coast Book Shops, All Locations
Thompson's Orchard, New Gloucester
Teddy Roosevelt, Millie, and the Elegant Ride
by Jean M. Flahive
Illustrations by Amy J. Gagnon
Listen to a 2-minute, 30-second, Retail Audio Sample of the Audiobook
Millie Thayer is a headstrong farmer's daughter who chases her dreams in a way you would expect a little girl nicknamed "Spitfire" would run full tilt and with her eyes on the stars. Dreaming of leaving the farm life, working in the city, and fighting for women's right to vote, Millie imagines flying away on a magic carpet. One day, that flying carpet shows up in the form of an electric trolley that cuts across her farm. A fortune-teller predicts that Millie's path will cross that of someone famous. Suddenly, she finds herself caught up in events that shake the nation, Maine, and her family. Despairing that her dreams may be shattered, Millie learns, in an unexpected way, that dreams can be shared.
A resource for teachers
Companion curriculum State-standard-based units,
vocabulary, and reading activities for use in grades 3-8
are available online as downloadable resources through
Seashore Trolley Museum's website
www.trolleymuseum.org/elegantride/
Maine Historical Society has created eight companion lesson units in Social Studies and ELA that were inspired by Teddy Roosevelt, Millie, and the Elegant Ride - These State-standard-based lesson plans for use in grades 6, 7, and 8 are easily adapted for use in grades 3-5. Vocabulary and Reading activities for grades 3-8 along with the eight lesson plan units are available free and may be downloaded through Seashore Trolley Museum's website www.trolleymuseum.org/elegantride/
Go to the Teacher Resource Page in the pull-down for more details.
A 60-second intro to Teddy Roosevelt, Millie, and the Elegant Ride by author, Jean Flahive
Click Here to watch the video on YouTube
Award-winning author, Jean M. Flahive
Please Consider a Donation to the Narcissus Project to help us tell the incredible story of the Narcissus through the interpretation portion of the Narcissus Project.
Here is an example of how donations to the Narcissus Project now will help with the interpretation portion of the project. The interpretation programming will include exhibits, displays, and education programming. In 2019, through generous donations to the Narcissus Project, we were able to conserve, replicate, and have high resolutions digital image files made of the original, 1910, 28.5-foot long, surveyor map of the elevation and grade of the 30-mile private right-of-way of the Portland, Gray, and Lewiston Railroad (Portland-Lewiston Interurban) Click Here
Thank You!
the crowd gathered in Gray, Maine on August 18, 1914.
Image courtesy of Gray Historical Society
The Narcissus as the Sabattus Lake Diner in Sabattus, Maine,
circa 1940. Photo by John Coughlin in the Kevin Farrell
Collection at Seashore Trolley Museum
L. Henri Vallee (right) and family members in the
Narcissus, when it was Vallee's summer camp in
Sabattus, Maine circa 1958. Photo courtesy Daniel Vallee
Inside the Donald G. Curry Town House Restoration Shop, the Narcissus is in the midst of major work as we strive to complete its restoration. We are now planning the interpretation portion of the Narcissus Project. Donations to the Narcissus Project may be used in the future to help tell the incredible 100-plus-year-old story of the Narcissus. Your donation to the Narcissus is helping to make the dream of the project's success, a reality.
See below for Donation options -
It starts with YOU
Your Donation Matters
Make a Donation TODAY
Please Help the Narcissus.
Donation Options to Help the Narcissus Project:
The New England Electric Railway Historical Society
is the 501c3 organization that owns and operates the Seashore Trolley Museum in Kennebunkport, ME, and the National Streetcar
Museum in Lowell (MA).
The New England Electric Railway Historical Society registered with the IRS (EIN# 01-0244457) and was incorporated in Maine in 1941.
Check or Money Order ***** should be made payable to:
New England Electric Railway Historical Society
In the memo: for a donation to the Interpretation programming
please write: PLI Education Fund 817
For a donation to help with the restoration write: Narcissus Fund 816
Mail to: Seashore Trolley Museum
P. O. Box A
Kennebunkport, ME 04046
Credit Card ***** donations can be one-time donations or you
may choose to have a specific amount charged to your card
automatically each month. Please contact the Museum bookkeeper, via email at finance@trolleymuseum.org or by phone, at 207-967-2800 ext. 3.
Online Donations - may be made by using a Credit Card:
Click Here to make an online donation through the Museum's website - When at the Donation page: Fill in donor info, etc., when at "To which fund are you donating? Scroll down to "Other" and type: 816 Narcissus, then continue filling in the required information.
Click Here for PayPal - to make an online donation: you can use email: finance@trolleymuseum.org and in the message box write:
For "Narcissus Fund 816" - if supporting the restoration
For "PLI Education Fund 817" - if supporting Interpretation programs
Donation of Securities ***** We also accept donations of
securities. You can contact the Museum bookkeeper, via email at finance@trolleymuseum.org or by phone, at 207-967-2800 ext. 3,
for brokerage account information for accepting donated securities.
BONUS ***** If you work for a company/corporation that will
"match" an employee's donation to an approved 501c3 non-profit
educational organization, please be sure to complete the necessary paperwork with your employer so that your donation is matched :)
Questions? ***** Please contact Narcissus project sponsor:
Phil Morse, narcissus@gmail.org or call 207-985-9723 - cell.
Thank You :)
Thank You for our Current Funding Partners
* 20th Century Electric Railway Foundation - 2020/2018 - Major Gift, 2017/2014 Matching Grants
* Renaissance Charitable Foundation (LPCT) by Fiduciary Trust Charitable Giving Fund
* Renaissance Charitable Foundation (LPCT) by Fiduciary Trust Charitable Giving Fund
* Mass Bay RRE - 2018 Railroad Preservation Grant
* Thornton Academy (Saco, ME) - Staff & Alumni - Matching Grant Challenge 2014
* New England Electric Railway Historical Society (Kennebunkport, ME) - Member Donations
* Amherst Railway Society - 2015 Heritage Grant
* National Railway Historical Society - 2016 & 2015 Heritage Preservation Grants
* Enterprise Holding Foundation - 2015 Community Grant
* Theodore Roosevelt Association - Member Donations
* John Libby Family Association and Member Donations
* The Conley Family - In Memory of Scott Libbey 2018/2017/2016/2015
* The W. S. Libbey Family - Awalt, Conley, Graf, Holman, Libbey, McAvoy, McLaughlin, Meldrum, O'Halloran, Salto, - 2018/2017
* The Hughes Family 2017/2016/2010
* New Gloucester Historical Society and Member Donations
* Gray Historical Society and Member Donations
* Gray Public Library Association - Pat Barter Speaker Series
* Scarborough Historical Society - PRR/PLI
* LogMein - Matching Employee Donation
* IBM - Matching Employee/Retiree Donations
* Fidelity Charitable Grant - Matching Employee Donations
* Richard E. Erwin Grant - 2017/2016
The Narcissus, with interior back-lit, stained glass windows is majestic.
Make a donation today to help restore the interior of this Maine gem.
Help Theodore Roosevelt's Maine Ride get back on track! Once restored,
you will be able to ride in luxury on this National Register Treasure at
Seashore Trolley Museum in Kennebunkport, Maine.
PWM photo
Please Consider Making a Donation to the project of the National Register of Historic Places member, Narcissus. We are currently raising funds to advance the restoration and to tell the incredible story of this Maine gem.
Various News stories during the summer of 2015 about the
Narcissus and its connection to Theodore Roosevelt. TR
was a passenger on the Narcissus on August 18, 1914.
Photo by Patricia Pierce Erikson
The Narcissus - July 31, 2015. Make a donation today.
Help Theodore Roosevelt's Maine Ride get back on track!
Once restored, you will be able to ride in luxury on this
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