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"The Green Mountain Cog Railway
was a
narrow gauge
mountain railway built to carry tourists to the top
of Green Mountain on
Mt. Desert Island in
Maine. At the end of the
19th. century, Maine's tourist industry was developing
rapidly. The islands off the coast of Maine were popular
attractions and the possibility of a cog railway to the
top of Green Mountain (now known as Cadillac Mountain)
was first explored in the late 1870s following the
success of the
Mount Washington Cog Railway in
New Hampshire. Construction of the railway started
in 1883 and it was built to the designs in the Marsh
patents developed for the Mount Washington line.
The line operated during the
summer season and for the first few years was
successful. But tourist numbers declined and after the
1890 season the railway ceased operations. The railway's
two
steam locomotives were sold to the Mount Washington
railway in 1895."
From Wikipedia, the
free encyclopedia
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Green Mountain Cog Rail
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