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Island Pond

Essex County · In village, near railroad station, Brighton (Island Pond)

Pioneer Railroad Planner John A. Poors dream of an International Railway connecting Montreal, Canada with the Ice-free harbor of Portland, Maine became a reality on July 18, 1853, when the first through trains met at this great halfway point on the Grand Trunk Railway.

David Rumsey Map Collection, Stanford Libraries

Marker data: Vermont Division for Historic Preservation

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