Grand Trunk Station (Mechanic Falls)

Grand Trunk Station
Grand Trunk Railroad

View of station in 1967
Location 63 Elm Street
Mechanic Falls, Maine
United States.
Coordinates 44°06′34″N 70°23′21″W / 44.10944°N 70.38917°W / 44.10944; -70.38917
Construction
Structure type two floors
Other information
Status demolished
History
Opened 1883
Closed 1965
Previous names Grand Trunk Railroad

The Grand Trunk Station was a historic railroad station in Mechanic Falls, Maine. The station, located on Elm Street, was built in 1883 by the Grand Trunk Railroad linking Mechanic Falls with Montreal and Portland, Maine.[1] The village was named Mechanic Falls in honor of mechanics who worked there during the industrial revolution. The village grew especially after the arrival of the St. Lawrence & Atlantic Railroad toward the end of 1840. The railroad opened the village to several business ventures between Portland and Montreal.[2]

After the cessation of rail services at the station in 1965, it was demolished in 1968. Only the storage depot survived, and is now inhabited as a residence.

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References

  1. ↑ "Androscoggin History".
  2. ↑ Coolidge, Austin J.; Mansfield, John B. (1859). A History and Description of New England. Boston, Massachusetts. p. 265.
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