LB2016.15.681

LB2016.15.681

Two male and two female passengers aboard the Rockland, Thomaston and Camden Street Railway. Numerous advertising signs can be seen above the passengers as well as a sign which indicates that smoking is allowed on only the three rear seats. One of the medium-sized electric railway systems of the Pine Tree State during the heydey of the trolley was the Rockland, Thomaston, & Camden Street Railway, which from 1892 to 1931 connected the city of Rockland, at the south-westerly entrance to Penobscot Bay, with its neighboring towns of Rockport, Camden, Thomaston, and Warren. The trolley was profitable because the motorized transport was much faster and more efficient than the horse and buggy. It was a popular mode of travel until 1931 when improvements in the automobile had so cut into business that the trolley was discontinued. One of the medium-sized electric railway systems of the Pine Tree State during the heydey of the trolley was the Rockland, Thomaston, & Camden Street Railway, which from 1892 to 1931 connected the city of Rockland, at the south-westerly entrance to Penobscot Bay, with its neighboring towns of Rockport, Camden, Thomaston, and Warren.