Maine Central Railroad Machine Shop, Portland, Maine, 1910-1915. Maine State Museum. Gift of Janice Cain Cloutier, 86.66.1.
Maine Central Railroad Machine Shop, Portland, Maine, 1910-1915. Maine State Museum. Gift of Janice Cain Cloutier, 86.66.1.
Artist Judy Taylor depicted a variety of work sites in the background of this panel. One site is similar to this photograph of the Maine Central Railroad terminal machine shop in Portland, Maine. The machines were powered by the belts extending from the machine pulleys to shafts on the ceiling. When the central shaft turned, it powered all the machines at once.
Machinist Fred "Ping" Martin Oliver stands in the foreground on the right. He worked at the Maine Central Railroad (MCRR) machine shop in Portland in 1910. He held the same position at MCRR in Waterville, Maine in 1918 and worked there the rest of his career.