Item 21745 - H. N. Jose locomotive, Portland, ca. 1880

Item 21745 - H. N. Jose locomotive, Portland, ca. 1880
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Item 21745
H. N. Jose locomotive, Portland, ca. 1880
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The Portland Company's locomotive works manufactured this locomotive named after Portland businessman H. N. Jose for the Portland & Kennebec Railroad Company.

Horatio Nelson Jose (1819-1892) was a founder of Maine General Hospital, an organizer of the Portland and Ogdensburg Railroad in 1870, and a director of the Portland, Kennebec, and Maine Central Railroads, among many other civic activities.

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