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HISTORIC PORTSMOUTH #239
The North Wind chugs into York Beach
The photo shows "The North Wind" (locomotive #157) followed by a coach and baggage car loaded in Boston and possibly switched off in Portsmouth station. The train is met here by the stagecoach from the Sea Cottage. Construction had apparently slowed here on its way to "Union Bluffs", now York Beach, due to swampy summer conditions. A sophisticated network of trains and trolleys allowed visitors to conveniently reach a growing number of summer resorts, boosting the seacoast tourism trade that continues today.
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from SeacaostNH.com
From the book "Historic Portsmouth" by James Garvin
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