A ribbon cutting ceremony, held in mid-June, was the culminating event for a year-long project on South Portland’s Greenbelt Walkway that has preserved a piece of the region’s history.

A group of students at Brown Elementary School worked with Pan Am Railways, the city of South Portland, the South Portland Historical Society, and the South Portland/Cape Elizabeth Community Chamber to uncover and refurbished a long-obscured section of rail road track that was important to the city’s manufacturing past.

Pan Am Railways president David Fink, right, and Brown Elementary School principal Margaret Hawkins unveiled an interpretive marker that details the history of an historic railroad along the Greenbelt Walkway in South Portland recently. Courtesy photo