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City Point with Union Station and the Steamship Bon Ton II, ca. 1911
No full textA view of City Point showing Union Station and its train shed, as well as the Bangor cityscape. The foreground shows and active waterfront with commercial and personal watercraft and the steamship Bon Ton II that ferried passengers across the Penobscot River between Bangor and Brewer. The Bon Ton II was the smallest commercial steamship in the United States.https://digicom.bpl.lib.me.us/railroad_union_img/1007/thumbnail.jp
Bridge and Union Station, ca. 1910
No full textUnion Station was a railway passenger station at the foot of Exchange Street. The architect was Henry B. Fletcher of Melrose, Massachusetts. Mr. Fletcher was an architect for the Boston & Maine Railroad.https://digicom.bpl.lib.me.us/railroad_union_img/1000/thumbnail.jp
Engine Number 340, ca. 1940
No full textThe Bangor and Aroostook Engine 340 was a Class S-1A 0-8-0: Cyls.-25 X 28 ; with 52 Drivers; b.p-210 PSI; and a total engine weight of 245,000 lb. She was scrapped in 1953.https://digicom.bpl.lib.me.us/railroad_bar_img/1000/thumbnail.jp
Veazie Railroad Bridge, ca. 1865
No full textThe Veazie Railroad Bridge between Old Town and Milford was completed in 1855.https://digicom.bpl.lib.me.us/railroad_structures_img/1000/thumbnail.jp
Wm. G. Davis, ca. 1877
No full textThe locomotive William G. Davis was a 4-4-0 built by the Portland Company, a locomotive foundry that was established in 1846 by John A. Poor and Septimus Norris. The Wm. G. Davis was rebuilt in 1890. (specs 16x24-62-70500).https://digicom.bpl.lib.me.us/railroad_mec_img/1013/thumbnail.jp
Bangor-Brewer Railroad Bridge, ca. 1915
No full textThis railroad bridge spans the Penobscot between Bangor and Brewer. The old granite bridge abutments were built in the 19th century.https://digicom.bpl.lib.me.us/railroad_structures_img/1003/thumbnail.jp
Captains of School Boy Patrol Units, ca. 1954
No full textTwelve captains of School Boy Patrol units and one uniformed policeman pose in front of the Bangor Police Department building located at 35 Court Street.https://digicom.bpl.lib.me.us/city_bpd_img/1013/thumbnail.jp
Everett Shep Hurd
Get PDFThis is a portrait of Everett Shep Hurd, the owner of Dakin\u27s Sporting Goods, Central Street in Bangor.https://digicom.bpl.lib.me.us/spc_brady_img/1000/thumbnail.jp
New Records Division, ca. 1954
No full textA uniformed police officer and a woman stand on one side of the counter in the new records division as a crowd of eight people are in various stages of being waited on. The Central Records Bureau worked as part of the Identification Division and consolidated records under one head. The Traffic Violation Section as well as the Lost and Found Section also utilized this office.https://digicom.bpl.lib.me.us/city_bpd_img/1006/thumbnail.jp
Painted traffic lanes State Street, ca. 1954
No full textPhotograph looking down on State Street from the intersection with Exchange and Park Streets toward the Broadway intersection. Visible businesses are the general office of Bangor Hydro-Electric Company, WABI Radio Station, the Hillside Dye House Inc., All Souls Church (Congregational), and First National Stores, Inc. Visible on the opposite side of the street are Wright\u27s Sporting Goods, Inc., and Maine Fur Company, Inc.https://digicom.bpl.lib.me.us/city_bpd_img/1000/thumbnail.jp