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Unsed
size: 8” x 4 ¾”
Original printing on light blue paper with red ink
unwatermarked paper
no bends, creases or stains
in excellent condition.
It was to be used to authorize payment of interest to stockholders until the opening of the railroad estimated at January 1st 1852. The road as it was referred to in the document was completed in the year of 1851.
Below is a list of the road/rail completions by mile post, locations and dates.
Kennebec & Portland RR:
The Kennebec and Portland Railroad was chartered in 1836, and completed from Portland to Augusta in 1851.
• Presumpscot River bridge
• Milepost 7.9: West Falmouth station opened in 1850.
• Milepost 11.0: Cumberland Center station opened in 1850.
• Milepost 13.2: Royal Junction with the back road main line.
• Royal River bridge
• Milepost 15.0: Yarmouth Junction with the Grand Trunk Railway (later Canadian National Railway Berlin subdivision)
• Milepost 20.5: Freeport station opened in 1848.
• Milepost 29.2: Brunswick was the junction with the Maine Central Railroad Rockland Branch and Lewiston branch.
• Androscoggin River bridge
• Milepost 30.3: Topsham station opened in 1851.
• Milepost 36.9: Bowdoinham station opened in 1851.
• Milepost 44.5: Richmond station opened in 1851.
• Milepost 47.4: Iceboro station opened in 1851.
• Milepost 55.9: Gardiner was the junction with the 2-mile Maine Central Cobbosseecontee branch originally serving water-powered mills along the stream of the same name.
• Milepost 60.2: Hallowell station opened in 1851.
• Milepost 62.3: Augusta operated a Maine Central local switcher serving industries from Gardiner to Augusta.
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