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| Lewiston - Sidewheel Walking Beam Steamer Southwest Harbor Public Library |
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|  Lewiston - Sidewheel Walking Beam Steamer Southwest Harbor Public Library Description: The Lewiston was the sister ship to Steamer Forest City. She was built in New York in 1856 and operated on the Boston - Bangor line. She had a walking beam engine. | |||
| Westport - Passenger Steamer Southwest Harbor Public Library |
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|  Westport - Passenger Steamer Southwest Harbor Public Library Description: Operated Eastern Steamship Lines | |||
| City of Richmond - Sidewheel Walking Beam Steamer Southwest Harbor Public Library |
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|  City of Richmond - Sidewheel Walking Beam Steamer Southwest Harbor Public Library Description: The "City of Richmond" was a side wheel steamer with a walking beam engine. Those who are interested in walking beams and their technology may see a model (being restored) of the walking beam from the Ticonderoga at the Maine Antique Power Association on Beech Hill Crossroad in Mt. Desert - 207-244-0204. The Ticonderoga, one of the last walking beam side-wheel passenger steamboats in existence, and a Registered Historic Place is on display at the Shelburne Museum in Shelburne, Vermont. "The 'City of Richmond' steamship sailed from Portland to Bar Harbor three days a week during the summer months in the late 1800s. In 1881 she ran aground on the Mark Island Ledge. She was rebuilt by the Portland Company and continued in service until 1892." - Maine Memory Network, Accessed online 10/17/07; http://www.mainememory.net/bin/Detail?ln=5949 "The Maine Central Railroad was still two years away from completing its rail line from Washington Junction (Ellsworth) to Hancock and what would become Mt. Desert Ferry, when it purchased the Portland, Bangor and Machias Steamboat Company in 1882. It appears that the primary asset was the rebuilt (1881) walking-beam side-wheel steamer "City of Richmond," which was promptly transferred to the Mt. Desert and Machiasport run. The ship's schedule was designed to serve the trains in Portland and Rockland. In 1884 the trains started running through to Mt. Desert Ferry at the mouth of the Sullivan River in Hancock Point, and the Maine Central started to win the lion's share of the Mt. Desert Island business."- Mount Desert - An Informal History Edited by Gunnar Hansen, section written by Peter B. Bell, p. 166 - 1989 "I first came here at the age of three or four, in 1890 or 1891, on the steamer "City of Richmond." One went on board in Portland after a train journey from Boston or New York, spent the night on board, and woke up in the morning amid the delicious smells and sights of Eggemoggin Reach. "The City of Richmond" was partly owned by her captain, Captain Gary, who was a great character along the coast.."- Mount Desert - An Informal History Edited by Gunnar Hansen, 'Memories of Northeast Harbor' by Rear Admiral Samuel Eliot Morison, p. 180 - 1989 [show more] | |||
| Rangeley - Passenger Steamer Southwest Harbor Public Library |
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|  Rangeley - Passenger Steamer Southwest Harbor Public Library Description: “Last of the Maine Central’s fleet, built in 1913. Bath built and almost the twin of “Moosehead.” Had a single 1200 triple expansion engine in place of “Moosehead’s” twins. WWI conditions and tourist traffic by auto sent the “Rangeley” to New York in April, 1925. Hudson River Dayliner, renamed the “Chauncey M. DePew.” In 1941 she was under lease to the Government. Released from that lease, she went to Boston and sailed for the Nantasket Steamboat Co.’s Provincetown Service, still as the “Depew.” Since then she was on the Block Island run, the New York Harbor service, spent 1949 on the Tolchester Line, and was sold to Bermuda as a tender to cruise ships too large to dock at Hamilton and St. George. She made the trip from Baltimore to Bermuda under her own power.” – Eleanor Mayo’s notes for this photograph. "Rangeley was built at Bath Iron Works, Bath, Maine in 1913. She had a steel hull, was 185.1’ x 35.6’ (molded 30.5’) x 13.5’ (overall, 194’11” x 34’4”, 11’7” draft, loated, aft) 652 gross, 282 net tons. She carried a triple expansion Bath Iron Works engine. Cylinders, 16”, 26”, 30” x 2’ – 1 boiler – 1198 hp." - “Hudson River Day Line: The Story of a Great American Steamboat Company” by Donald C. Ringwald, published by Howell-North Books, Berkeley, California, 1965, p. 158-161, 213. "Rangeley's" service for the Maine Central Railroad was to carry passengers from the Mount Desert Ferry terminal to various towns on Mount Desert Island. [show more] | |||
| Frank Jones - Sidewheel Steamer Southwest Harbor Public Library |
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|  Frank Jones - Sidewheel Steamer Southwest Harbor Public Library Description: Vessel Name – Frank Jones Class – sidewheel steamer Hull - Masts - 2 Designed by – William Pattee Build date - 1892 Built by – Bath Iron Works Built at – Bath, Maine Built for – Boston & Maine RR owned by Franklin Jones Named for – businessman, politician and brewer Franklin Jones of Portsmouth, New Hampshire and Boston Power - inclined-compound engine – horizontal side wheel, powering small, narrow, higher-speed (35 rpm) feathering wheels – 1200 hp Gross tons - 1634 Capacity – 105 staterooms Length – 263’ Beam – 36’ Crew –Disposition - 1905 - sold to the Enterprise Line to work between Fall River & New York. 1908 - in service on the Hudson River between Albany and New York. 1915 - renamed “Fenimore” 1918 - requisitioned by U.S. Navy to carry naval stores during the WWI. June 22, 1918 she lay at anchor on the York River in Virginia full of ammunition. She caught fire and the resulting explosion completely destroyed her. [show more] | |||
| Rockland - Sidewheel Steamer Southwest Harbor Public Library |
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|  Rockland - Sidewheel Steamer Southwest Harbor Public Library Description: This “Rockland” is not to be confused with the later steamer “City of Rockland.” "Rockland" was built at Hoboken, New Jersey, in 1853 and owned by Francis Cobb and others of Rockland, Maine. She made her first trip on August 21, 1854, commanded by Captain E.S. Blaisdell. | |||
| Rose Standish - Sidewheel Walking Beam Steamer Southwest Harbor Public Library |
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|  Rose Standish - Sidewheel Walking Beam Steamer Southwest Harbor Public Library Description: "Rose Standish," probably named for Rose Standish, the wife of Miles Standish, was a side wheel steamer with a walking beam engine. "Built in Brooklyn 1863 - sold to Frontier Steamboat Company of Calais, Maine, in 1887 - 154 feet length over all - 27 foot Beam, 392 gross tons. The Rose Standish sailed the Saint Croix River between Maine and New Brunswick. From Calais, Maine to East Port, Maine, over to Saint Andrew, New Brunswick, Canada, making stops to other small communities in between." - According to Craig Martin Little on his Little Ships of the Maritimes web site. - 2007 [show more] | |||
| Vinal Haven - Steamer Southwest Harbor Public Library |
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| Mount Desert - Sidewheel Steamer Southwest Harbor Public Library |
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| West Branch No. 2 - Steamer Southwest Harbor Public Library |
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|  West Branch No. 2 - Steamer Southwest Harbor Public Library Description: “Called “Great Northern’s Navy,” the Great Northern Paper Company owned a fleet of steamers used in its logging operations on several waters in the neighborhood of Chesuncook Lake, the largest… Replacing the “A.B. Smith” [side-wheel steamer built in 1902] was the “West Branch No. 2,” built May 1926 at Chesuncook Dam, now replaced by Ripogenus Dam…” - “Maine’s Steamboating Past” by Donald A. Wilson, published by Arcadia Publishing, Charleston, SC, p. 117, c. 2007 Vessel Name – West Branch No.2 Class – logging vessel Hull - wood Designed by – O.A. Harkness (Orrin Albert Harkness) (1870-) Build date – 1926 Launched – May 5, 1927 Built by – Great Northern Paper Co. Built at – on the shore at Chesuncook Dam, ME Built for – Great Northern Paper Co. Named for – West Branch of the Penobscot River in Maine. Power - 30 ton diesel Gross tons - Net tons – Capacity - Length – 91’ Beam – 21’ Draught – 8’ Crew – Designer O.A. Harkness was a mechanical genius who developed an inland fleet of lumbering vessels for Great Northern and was known as the “Admiral.” West Branch No. 2 operated between the head of Chesuncook Lake and Ripogenus Dam – 24 miles, towing pulpwood in booms, sometimes as much as 5000 cords at a time. By 1933 she had towed more than half a million cords of wood. – The Lewiston Daily Sun, November 20, 1933. [show more] | |||
| Pilgrim - Steamer Southwest Harbor Public Library |
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| Sappho - Steamer Southwest Harbor Public Library |
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|  Sappho - Steamer Southwest Harbor Public Library | |||
| Wauwinet - Excursion Steamer Southwest Harbor Public Library |
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| S.S. Canopic - Passenger Steamer Southwest Harbor Public Library |
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|  S.S. Canopic - Passenger Steamer Southwest Harbor Public Library Description: SS “Canopic” was built in 1900 by Harland & Wolff in Belfast, Ireland. She had one funnel, two masts, 12,268 GRT tonnage, and was 176.28 x 18.08 m / 578.4 x 59.4 ft. She had a triple expansion engine with twin screws and a steel hull containing three decks. She carried 250-1st Class, 250-2nd Class and 800-3rd Class passengers. “Canopic” was originally built as “Commonwealth” for the Dominion Line and launched on May 31, 1900, she was completed in September 1900. The “Commonwealth” made her maiden voyage on October 4, 1900 from Liverpool to Boston. In 1903 she was sold to the White Star Line and renamed “Canopic.” At this time her tonnage changed to 12,097 GRT. The Canopic made her first White Star Line voyage on January 14, 1903 on the Liverpool to Boston service. In 1904 she was transferred to the New York to Mediterranean service. From 1917 till 1919 she operated under the Liner Requisition Scheme. In February 1919 she reverted back to White Star Line, and in July went to the New York to Mediterranean berth. In 1922 the “Canopic” replaced the “Arabic” on the Mediterranean route. On April 13, 1922 she made her first voyage on the Liverpool to Halifax to Boston route, then to the Montreal run for the summer. On November 10, 1922 she started on the Bremen to New York service. In November 1923 she took over the Hamburg to New York route. In September 1924 she was put on the Liverpool - Philadelphia - Portland, Maine to end her career. In October the “Canopic” was sold for breaking up to T.W. Ward, and scrapped at Briton Ferry, South Wales. [show more] | |||
| Advertisement for Forest City Side Wheel Steamer Southwest Harbor Public Library |
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|  Advertisement for Forest City Side Wheel Steamer Southwest Harbor Public Library | |||
| View of Steamer Camden Entering the Penobscot River Near Winterport, Maine Southwest Harbor Public Library |
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|  View of Steamer Camden Entering the Penobscot River Near Winterport, Maine Southwest Harbor Public Library | |||
| Steamer City of Rockland Southwest Harbor Public Library |
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| Steamer "City of Bangor" Southwest Harbor Public Library |
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| Steamer Camden Through Narrows, Penobscot Rive, Maine Southwest Harbor Public Library |
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|  Steamer Camden Through Narrows, Penobscot Rive, Maine Southwest Harbor Public Library | ||
| Steamer J.T. Morse Southwest Harbor Public Library |
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|  Steamer J.T. Morse Southwest Harbor Public Library | ||
| Deck of S.S. Yarmouth Southwest Harbor Public Library |
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|  Deck of S.S. Yarmouth Southwest Harbor Public Library Description: Probably a Yarmouth Steamship Company Ltd. Photograph | ||
| Sidewheel Steamer Frank Jones Southwest Harbor Public Library |
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|  Sidewheel Steamer Frank Jones Southwest Harbor Public Library | |
| Auxillary Sail Steamer Chicago, Firing Southwest Harbor Public Library |
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|  Auxillary Sail Steamer Chicago, Firing Southwest Harbor Public Library | |
| Sidewheel Steamer Rose Standish Southwest Harbor Public Library |
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|  Sidewheel Steamer Rose Standish Southwest Harbor Public Library | ||
| Steam Yacht Adelita Southwest Harbor Public Library |
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|  Steam Yacht Adelita Southwest Harbor Public Library |
