WISCASSET
The Wiscasset waterfront will see the past come back to life Wednesday with the presentation of a replica narrowgauge milk car, a replica of the original Turner Centre Dairy Car that ran on the Wiscasset, Waterville and Farmington Railway.
Construction of the car began last November and took about 1,200 hours to complete. The interior includes photos, maps and information on Wiscasset’s former Turner Centre Creamery, the WW&F Railway and the Wiscasset waterfront.
The replica car was built in the Sheepscot Shops of the WW&F Railway Museum in Alna, using the original plans of the Portland Company, which made the original railroad in 1894, according to a release from the town.
A ribbon-cutting will take place at 5 p.m. Wednesday at the Main Street pier, during the town’s Fourth of July celebrations. For more information on the railroad museum, visit wwfry.org.
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