Cole Land Transportation Museum

The museum features over 200 vehicles outlining the history of land transportation; on display are such diverse exhibits as wagons, automobiles, recreational vehicles, a railroad station and locomotive, farm equipment, horse-drawn logging sleds, fire and logging trucks, and snowplows. Highlighted is a 72-foot covered bridge built in the 1840s, and a collection of some 2,000 early Maine photographs.

The museum also includes approximately 200 military artifacts from the Civil War and World War II; fire, personnel and armored vehicles are displayed. A full-sized bronze statue of a jeep and driver, dedicated to veterans of World War II, sits on the museum lawn.

Open daily May 1-Veteran's Day; tours welcome with advance notice.

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