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Grand Trunk Station (Mechanic Falls)

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Structure type
  
two floors

Closed
  
1965

Opened
  
1883

Status
  
demolished

Previous names
  
Grand Trunk Railroad

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Location
  
63 Elm Street Mechanic Falls, Maine United States.

Similar
  
Railroad history of Portland, Coaticook railway station, Acton Vale railway station

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. 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.

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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Grand Trunk Station (Mechanic Falls) Wikipedia