Bangor & Aroostook Railroad Collection
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Primary Format and Extent
film (14,459 ft.) : si. and sd., b&w and col. ; 16 mm. masterpos.
Collection Date Range
1956 to 1991
Summary
Collection contains two factual works: "Assignment in Aroostook" (1956) shows family life at Loring Air Force Base; "Giants of the Roundhouse" (1962) concerns railroad equipment. Collection also contains an educational/cultural work, "Big Muscle" (1968) a film about railroad locomotives.
Biographical/Historical Notes
The Bangor & Aroostook Railroad Company was founded in 1891 to serve northern Maine. Loring Air Force Base, near the Canadian border, closed in 1994.
Genre(s)
Documentary, Educational
Subject(s)
Armed forces, Community Life, Families, Military bases, Railroads, Transportation
Place(s)
Aroostook County, Maine
Limestone, Maine
Encoded archival description
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