Description: The Green Mountain Railway was finalized in 1883 by Frank H. Clergue of Bangor, Maine. It was 6,300 feet long and started on the shores of Eagle Lake. Its cost was $110.000. It closed down in 1893 after only 10 years of operation. (From Item 2162).
Description: Passengers travel up Cadillac Mountain the Green Mountain cog railway. Inscription on the back reads "R. H. Hyson" in blue pen. Black and white
Description: View looking down the tracks of the Green Mountain Railway on Mount Desert Island, ME. Inscription on the back reads "R. H. Hyson" in blue pen. Black and white
Description: View looking down the tracks of the Green Mountain Railway, toward the station on Mount Desert Island, ME. Inscription on the back reads "R. H. Hyson" in blue pen. Black and white
The Newcomen Society of England, American Branch, New York
Date:
1979
Place:
Maine
Description: By E. Spencer Miller, member of the Newcomen Society, chairman of the board of the Maine Central Railroad Company, Portland, and president from 1952-1977. With a 1979 map of Maine Central Railroad Company.
The Newcomen Society of England, American Branch, New York
Date:
1945
Place:
New England
Description: By Howard S. Palmer, member of the Newcomen Society, president of the New York, New Haven & Hartford Railroad Company. With an opening poem by Oliver Wendell Holmes, "The Broomstick Train".
Description: Passenger cars and locomotive of the Green Mountain Railway at Eagle Lake shore. The locomotive was taken for use on Mt. Washington. Green Mountain is now Cadillac Mountain.
Description: B/W photograph of Green Mountain locomotive pushing passenger car to top of mountain (now Cadillac Mountain). Engineer is Walter H. Dunton.
Description: B/W 8x10 photograph looking down the rail tracks on Green Mountain with Eagle Lake in mid-distance and Eagle Lake Rd. and McFarland Hill in background. Green Mountain is now Cadillac Mountain.
Description: It contains drawings of various places on Mount Desert Island and a map of Bar Harbor village. 1. Photo 2101 a: Bar Harbor from Bar Island 2. Photo 2101 b: Bar Harbor from Scotts Hill 3. Photo 2101 c: Harbor View 4. Photo 2101 d: Great Heat 5. Photo 2101 e: Schooner Head 6. Photo 2101 f: Otter Cliffs 7. Photo 2101 g: Cathedral Rock 8. Photo 2101 h: The Profile 9. Photo 2101 i: View at Bar Harbor 10. Photo 2101 j: West End Hotel 11. Photo 2101 k: On the Road to Otter Cliffs 12. Photo 2101 l: Balance Rock 13. Photo 2101 m: Bass Head Light House 14. Photo 2101 n: The Spouting Horn 15. Photo 2101 o: Drive to Great Head 16. Photo 2101 p: The Rodic House 17. Photo 2101 q: Southwest Harbor 18. Photo 2101 r: Mount Desert as seen from M.C.R.R. Station 19. Photo 2101 s: Eagle Lake 20. Photo 2101 t: The Grand Central 21. Photo 2101 u: Green Mountain House, 1522 feet above sea level 22. Photo 2101 v: Green Mountain Railway 23. Photo 2101 w: Echo Lake and Cliffs 24. Photo 2101 x: Grenn Mountain Railway 25. Photo 2101 y: Head Somes Sound 26. Photo 2101 z: Anemone Cave 27. Photo 2101 z1: Mossley Hall, Bar Harbor. Private Residence 28. Plan of Bar Harbor [show more]
Description: Business Bill, Maine Central Railroad charges W. Stanley 66 cents to deliver 1 ?gallon of paint from Boston to Southwest Harbor, 16 Apr 1926
Description: Essay by high school student Jessica Sattler submitted to the Island History Journal for possible publication. History of the development of the rail line up Green (Cadillac) Mountain and its dismantlement. Green Mountain Cog Railway 1883-1890 Now on Mount Washington