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This frostbitten man brought Canadian railroad wealth to Portland

July 17, 2017Historyboston and maine, john poor, locomotive, maine, maine central, portland, railroad, railway, this week in portland history, tracks, train

By Troy R. Bennett

John Poor was the founder of the Portland Company and promoter of the Atlantic and St. Lawrence Railroad. (This image is item no. 22423 at the Maine Memory Network)

John Alfred Poor got frostbite and pneumonia on his grueling trek to bring trains from Canada to Portland.