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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