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The B&M Baked Beans factory is an historic cannery building in Portland, Maine, USA. Constructed in 1913 in the East Deering neighborhood, it was built by the Burnham & Morrill Company. Baked beans were produced in the building until 2021.
The Boston and Maine Railroad ( reporting mark BM) was a U.S. Class I railroad in northern New England. Originally chartered in 1835, it became part of what was the Pan Am Railways network in 1983 (most of which was purchased by CSX in 2022).
The Boston & Maine Railroad (B&M) arrived in 1843 (via PS&P to Portland). Portland businessmen led by John A. Poor believed rail connections with Boston threatened Portland's independent seaport.
The three lines were tied together by the B&M as its Worcester, Nashua and Portland Division and covered over 147 miles (237 km). By 1901, the B&M found they had three parallel lines between Massachusetts and Maine, due to the various mergers and leasings.
The Roux Institute is currently located in the WEX Inc. headquarters at 100 Fore Street in downtown Portland. A new campus is under construction at the site of the former B&M Baked Beans factory, which is anticipated to open in 2027.
Between 1867 and 2021, Burnham & Morrill Company, maker of B&M Baked Beans, had its main plant in Portland (the B&M Baked Beans factory). [52] The city's port is also undergoing a revival, and the first-ever container train departed from the new International Marine Terminal with fifteen containers of locally produced bottled tap water in early ...
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Finding brown bread in a can, particularly the famous B&M variety, can be difficult. If it is in the store, shoppers online say it's usually tucked in with the baked beans. But it's readily ...
Maine Central purchased seven EMD E7s in 1946 and 1948 to operate in a power pool with B&M E7s for passenger service between B&M points south of Portland and Maine Central points north of Portland.
In 1956, No. 3713 was given the duty to haul B&M's Farewell to Steam excursion between Boston, Massachusetts and Portland, Maine, marking the end of steam operations on the B&M. Afterwards, the locomotive was purchased by New England millionaire F. Nelson Blount for his Steamtown, U.S.A. collection.