Grand Trunk Station (Oxford, ME)

Oxford

View of station in 1890
Location Oxford, Maine
United States.
Other information
Status demolished
History
Opened 1883
Closed 1965
Previous names Grand Trunk Railroad

The Grand Trunk Station was a historic railroad station in Oxford, Maine. The station was built in 1883 by the Grand Trunk Railroad linking Oxford with Montreal and Portland, Maine. [1] 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. The railroad passes through the midst of the town, in the same general line with the river, and has a station (Oxford Depot) a short distance south of the centre.[2]

After the cessation of rail services at the station in 1965, it was demolished in 1968.

See also

References

  1. http://www.rootsweb.ancestry.com/~meandrhs/0294.html
  2. Coolidge, Austin J.; John B. Mansfield (1859). A History and Description of New England. Boston, Massachusetts. p. 265.

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