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Woodland provided most of the traffic in the later years of operation. The mill originated or terminated over 6,000 carloads in 1973, while cumulative pulpwood and lumber loading at Ellsworth, Franklin, Cherryfield, Columbia Falls, Whitneyville, Machias, and Dennysville contributed less half that
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374:Peters, Bradley L. (1976).
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338:References
302:rail trail
298:Green Lake
270:paper mill
253:ALCO RS-2s
233:branch to
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168:Unionville
143:Green Lake
698:Pine Tree
693:Penobscot
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595:Princeton
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525:Belfast
277:Current
247:Decline
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68:History
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