Portland and Kennebec Railroad Company

found: Cornwall, P. Names first--rails later, 1989:p. 99 (Portland & Kennebec Railroad was the successor, in Maine, of the Kennebec & Portland Railroad, taken over by the trustees in 1860; organized in May 1862 but did not acquire the property until Jan. 1, 1864; operated its own line and the Somerset & Kennebec Railroad until May 1870, when both were leased to the Maine Central, which acquired both by merger in November 1874)

found: MWA/NAIP files(hdg.: Portland and Kennebec Railroad Company; usage: Portland and Kennebec Railroad Company; Portland & Kennebec Railroad Company)

found: NUCMC data from Maine Historical Society for Somerset and Kennebec Railroad Company records, 1851-1874(Somerset and Kennebec Railroad Company chartered in 1848; leased to Portland and Kennebec Railroad Company in 1867; leased by Maine Central Railroad in 1870 and merged in 1874)