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Promised immortality, investors only lost their shirts on this canal scheme

October 30, 2017Historyboat, canal, cumberland, infrastructure, maine, old, outdated\, oxford, portland, public transportation, this week in portland history, water

By Troy R. Bennett

A canal boat, complete with sails for getting across lakes, sits tied up in an undated photo. (Photo from interpretive panel at Stroudwater in Portland)

It was supposed to be a project for the ages. In reality, it never turned a profit and now most of it has vanished.