From collection Elmer Montgomery Collection
Limerock Railroad
Engine moving along sharp embankment with tall smokestack in right background. "This photograph was taken along Front Street in the North end. Trinity Street is to the left, and the Samoset Hotel can be seen in the distance to the right." -- Tim Sullivan, 2011 [included in the exhibit "Working Waterfronts"]
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LB2008.15.208
[included in the exhibit "Working Waterfronts"] Limerock Railroad, c.1936 LB2008.15.208 No matter that it's winter, Rockland's lime kilns still need limestone. Engine Number 1, built in 1888, is doing the hauling. By 1936, the lime kilns reached by the southern branch of the railway had been closed and fish processing plants were taking their place. This is the line to the northern kilns, owned by the Rockland-Rockport Lime Company; the last harborside kiln closed in 1956. The rail cars are loaded with rock at the quarries, and the tracks ran on high banks and trestles so that the cars could be dumped directly into the kilns. The Samoset Hotel, well away from the noise, dust, and smoke of the lime burning operation, can barely be seen. M. Elmer Montgomery Collection LB2008.15.208
