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Portland Company

The Seattle Times | 1 month ago

New England states contract case of 'snow envy'

...at a time when it's supposed to be a winter wonderland. "We're definitely having snow envy," said Sally DeLuca, Portland's recreation director, who canceled all Winter Rush activities...

Wikipedia | 1 month ago

History of Portland, Maine

...for Canadian exports upon completion of the Grand Trunk Railway to Montreal in 1853. In the 19th-century, The Portland Company manufactured more than 600 steam locomotives. Portland...

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Wikipedia | 2 months ago

Portland, Rutland, Oswego and Chicago Railroad

...map, using the Chicago and Canada Southern Railway instead of the Michigan Air-Line Railroad In 1871 the Portland and Rutland, Rutland and Woodstock and New England and Oswego merged...

Wikipedia | 3 months ago

Joseph C. Noyes

He moved to Portland and engaged in the flour and commission business. He became treasurer of the Portland Co. (locomotive works) in 1859. Noyes was one of the founders of the...

Wikipedia | 3 months ago

Portland Company

Coos was the 14th locomotive built by Portland Company The Portland Company was established in 1846 as a locomotive foundry to build railroad equipment for the adjacent Portland terminus...

Wikipedia | 3 months ago

Sandy River Railroad

...16 box cars and 13 flat cars in 1894, and ordered 4 box cars and 8 flat cars from the Portland Company that year. Portland Company delivered 10 more box cars and 10 more flat cars in 1897.

Wikipedia | 4 months ago

Wiscasset, Waterville and Farmington Railway

...with a Porter 14-ton 0-4-4T locomotive originally built for the Sandy River Railroad in 1883. During construction, Portland Company provided the railroad with a number of 10-ton capacity...

Independent.co.uk - Business | 4 months ago

Ball joins Portland as adviser

...its sphere of influence, writes Nick Clark Friday, 23 October 2009 The Public relations firm Portland, whose influence reaches to the heart of government, has secured its second coup...

Wikipedia | 6 months ago

USS Pontoosuc (1864)

...Pontoosuc was built under contract with G. W. Lawrence and the Portland Company, Portland, Maine, was commissioned at Portland, on 10 May 1864, Lt. Comdr. George A. Stevens in...

Wikipedia | 7 months ago

Franklin and Megantic Railway

...Company in 1885, and baggage car #2 (renumbered #4 in 1903) built by the Portland Company in 1887. The company was renamed to "Franklin and Megantic Railway" in 1897 due to financial...

The News Tribune | 7 months ago

Rebuilt locomotive rides the rails again

The locomotive, built in 1929, was the 33rd and last engine built by Willamette Iron and Steel Works of Portland, the only company to construct steam-geared locomotives on the...

Wikipedia | 8 months ago

Phillips and Rangeley Railroad

...Railroad ordered the first cars in 1890 and the subsidiary Eustis Railroad ordered the first cars in 1903. The Portland Company locomotive built in 1890 was 12.5% heavier than any...