1898 Boston to Maine Railroad Map Poster

STUNNING PRINT. MODERATELY RESTORED (but not too much) SO AS NOT TO LOSE ITS ANTIQUE FEEL. The Boston and Maine Railroad has its beginnings in the summer of 1835 and would connect its namesake city with Portland, Maine (thus where its name comes from). The formation of the B&M came about from the mergers of several smaller lines, which would assume the Boston and Maine banner. These included such names as the Maine, New Hampshire & Massachusetts Railroad; Boston & Lowell Railroad; Eastern Railroad; Worcester, Nashua & Portland Railroad, Northern Railroad; Connecticut Railroad; Concord & Montreal Railroad; and Fitchburg Railroad. Through these mergers, by the early years of the 20th century the B&M had grown to its largest length, over 2,000 miles, which reached the markets of (aside from Portland and Boston) northeastern Vermont and northern New Hampshire, most of Massachusetts and western New York (basically most of New England).