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Flashback: South Portland’s Cash Corner in 1960

An aerial photograph from 1960 Portland Evening Express shows South Portland's Cash Corner neighborhood before its industrial development.

Posted August 15, 2016

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The Cash Corner area of South Portland, looking south, with Rumery Street under construction. Portland Public Library Special Collections and Archives

An aerial photograph from the July 13, 1960, Portland Evening Express shows the construction of Rumery Street in South Portland’s Cash Corner neighborhood. Route 1 (Main Street) is visible at the bottom of the photograph.

Today, the Hannaford distribution warehouses (visible in the upper left of the modern day Google Earth view) dominate the neighborhood.

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