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historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM1HIZ_freight-house_Conway-NH.html
This freight house was built about 1872 by the Portsmouth, Great Falls & Conway Railroad. This building became the commercial center of the growing village of North Conway, as box car loads of supplies for the local merchants and farmers were unlo…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM1HIY_flanger-cv-4233_Conway-NH.html
This unusual car has two air-operated flanger blades that drop down to remove snow from between the rails. The car is 34 feet long and weighs over 20 tons. The 4233 was built by the Erie Car Works of Erie, Pa. in 1891 for the Central Vermont Railw…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM1HIB_water-standpipe_Conway-NH.html
This device, erected in 1978, is used to fill a steam locomotive's tender tank with fresh water. The coal fire in a steam locomotive heats tremendous amounts of water to produce the steam that powers the train. The tender tank in Conway Scenic Rai…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM1HIA_wig-wag-signal_Conway-NH.html
An approaching train sets this signal in motion, with the red disc swinging back and forth, the red lights flashing in sequence and the ringing of the warning bell. This obsolete machine, one of many similar ones that once guarded rural highways i…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM1HI9_crossing-gate_Conway-NH.html
Crossing Gates of this sort once protected busy road crossings throughout the United States. They were usually operated by a full time crossing tender, a man or woman that worked out of a small "crossing shanty" that offered some protection from t…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM1HHO_caboose-cv-4011_Conway-NH.html
This caboose was built in the year 1910 at the Central Vermont Railway shops in St. Albans, Vermont. It later was modified with a steel underframe about 1925. Most of its 60 years of service were spent in southern New England on the Central Vermon…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM1HHN_caboose-b-m-104391_Conway-NH.html
This caboose, one of 500 similar units that once served on the Boston & Maine Railroad, was built by the B&M at their shops in East Fitchburg, Mass. in 1907. Many were later rebuilt with steel underframes, steel trucks, and full-width cupola. This…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM1HHM_schouler-park_Conway-NH.html
By vote of the Conway town meeting of 1924 the $3,000 bequest of Dr. James Schouler was used to buy this land from the Boston and Maine Railroad. It was deeded to the town on express condition that it be used only for a public park, and named by p…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM1HHL_to-those-who-served-in-the-world-war_Conway-NH.html
A memorial to those who served in the World War from North Conway, New Hampshire 1917 1919
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM1HGH_north-conway-5-and-10-store_Conway-NH.html
North Conway 5¢ and 10¢ Store is listed on the National Register Of Historic Places by the United States Department of the Interior