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This Portland train station was demolished to make room for a strip mall

June 26, 2017Historyblow, clock, locamotive, maine, portland, rail, steam, this week in portland history, train, union station, whistle

By Troy R. Bennett

A photograph of Portland's Union Station, ca. 1910. (This photo is item no. 10754 at the Maine Memory Network)

There’s still two remnants of Union Station you can see in Portland today. Part of the train shed made its was to Thompson’s Point. What’s left of the old clock sits in a glass case in Congress Square.

Here’s some pictures in the snow

January 18, 2017Newsblow, city hall, cold, dog, falling, freeze, photo, shovel, snow

By Troy R. Bennett

A dog runs through the snow along a fence near Portland's East End Beach on Wednesday. The National Weather Service said it expected the snow to stop falling in the afternoon. Troy R. Bennett | BDN

Eddie Walsh of Portland’s Parks and Recreation Department clears the white stiff from City Hall Plaza on Wednesday. Walsh said laughingly that he was, “One of the city’s finest snow fighters.”

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This Portland train station was demolished to make room for a strip mall

Here’s some pictures in the snow

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