MONSON HISTORICAL PHOTOS
Supplied by the Monson Historical Society


Portland-Monson Slate Quarry in early 1900s




Monson Cornet Band (formed in 1887) on Memorial Day 1896




Lake Hebron Hotel. Built in 1883, burned in 1910, owned by Monson Maine Slate Company




Monson Narrow Gauge at Station




Monson Narrow Gauge Railroad at Monson Station. Operated from 1883 to 1945.




Lake Hebron Navigation Company. Steamboat at Indian Point.




Slate Quarry workers getting ready to be lowered into the quarry (early 1900s). Many workers immigrated from Sweden and Finland.




Main Street Monson in 1920s




Monson Academy in late 1880s




Miners moving slate slabs. Note box below the workers which transported them from the top by a hoist.




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