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The Narcissus, in a promotional advertisement by the Miller
Trolley Shoe Company in Boston, MA in the later "teens"
of the 20th century featuring the new technological advancement
that is highlighted in the circle in the top left of the image.
The innovative trolley "shoe," with a replaceable carbon
insert, was used in place of the brass trolley wheel to conduct
electricity for use operating the high-speed, luxury interurbans
of the Portland-Lewiston Interurban.
Photo in the O. R. Cummings Collection
12-30-2024
Posts Related to the History of the 1912 Narcissus and the Portland-Lewiston Interurban
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The Narcissus with "Sabattus Lake Diner" on the letterboard
on a lot at Sabattus Lake. Notations on the negative date
photo 1941. Photo by John Coughlin in the Kevin Farrell
Collection at Seashore Trolley Museum
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The body of the 1912 Portland-Lewiston Interurban,
No. 14, Narcissus, arriving at the campus of
Seashore Trolley Museum in
Kennebunkport, Maine. October 31, 1969.
Photo by John Coughlin in the Kevin Farrell Collection
Newspaper story on how W.S. Libbey chose the names of the original interurbans is here...Lewiston Evening Journal...must scroll to Friday, June 26, 1914 - Front Page "Inspected The Libbey Road: Railroad Commissioners' Official Trip Over P, G, & L, Friday - to read the full story, you will need to scroll to page 11 News.Google.com
05.20.2015 - Narcissus Enters Townhouse Restoration Shop May 20, 2015
08.15.2015 - Sophia, Descendant of W. S. Libbey visits the Narcissus
01.09.2016 - Film Footage of Narcissus when a Summer Camp
01.28.2016 - Vallee Family Pictures of the Narcissus - the 1960s
04.02.2017 - May 1956 - Portland-Lewiston Interurban by O. R. Cummings - PLI History
04.16.2017 - September 1967 - Portland-Lewiston Interurban by O. R. Cummings-PLI History
08.24.2017 - The Narcissus was Born in Laconia, NH in 1912: Laconia Presentation
09.25.2017 - "I Want To Visit My Old Bedroom" A Tribute to Daniel A. Vallee 1941-2017
10.16.2017 - Narcissus Memory, 1965 - The Last Maine Car Available for Restoration
10.31.2017 - Forty-Eight Years Ago Today - Halloween, 1969 - The Narcissus Arrived at STM
12.10.2017 - Narcissus Restoration Project - 2017 Outreach & Research Summary
12.21.2017 - Laconia Car Company-built Presentation Video Featuring Narcissus 8.19.2017
03.31.2018 - Portland-Lewiston Interurban 1910-1933 - Lewiston Public Library Lecture
06.09.2018 - Interpretation Planning for the Narcissus Begins
06.05.2021 - Detailed Report Comparing 1910 Surveyors' Map with PLI Remnants in 2021
09-4-2021 - Cumberland, ME Bicentennial - PLI's Morrison Hill Station
09-14-2021 - What Happened to the PLI Interurbans after 1933?
01-15-2022 - PLI Employees Reunion Scrapbook to be Conserved and Digital Files Created
11-15-2022 - Will Be Best Electric Road in The New England States - The PLI - 10-27,1910
12-7-2022 - Newspaper Clipps, Reunion Scrapbook, and Family Journals Provide Details of PLI
12-19-2022 - Substations and Terminals of the Portland-Lewiston Interurban
06-19-2024 - Portland Division of the ERA visits the PLI Arbutus in Saco, ME 6-5-1938
06-21-2024 - First Issue of the Maine Electric Transiteer newsletter - March 1938 - Mentions the PLI9-7-09-7-2024 - In a journal entry by Robert Melcher in 1936, he meets up with Oscar Adkins - Former PLI
10-23-2024 - Curator's Choice Podcast - STM K'port, ME-1st half - Car 31 - 2nd half - Narcissus
11-19-2024 - 470 Railroad Club Presentation - PLI History and Extended Life & Update on Narcissus
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.
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.
Click Here: Bookstores and Businesses promoting the Narcissus Project
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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