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Florence - Steamer Southwest Harbor Public Library	Reference	Vessels, Steamboat	In Copyright - Non-Commercial Use Permitted	Florence - Steamer Southwest Harbor Public Library Identifier: swhpl-14603 Type: Reference Subject: Vessels, Steamboat Description: The steamer, "Florence" was originally part of the fleet of Captain Gilbert Theodore Hadlock of the Cranberry Isles.
Manchester and Branscom Family History Northeast Harbor Library	Document, Legal, Deed	Other People Places, Island Places, Town Structures, Commercial, Lodging, Hotel Vessels, Steamboat		Manchester and Branscom Family History Northeast Harbor Library Identifier: nehl-2049 Type: Document, Legal, Deed Subject: Other People Places, Island Places, Town Structures, Commercial, Lodging, Hotel Vessels, Steamboat Collection: General Collection Description: 1: Estate of James H. Branscom Appraisal 2: Warranty Deed 3: Quite-claim Deed 4: The Manchester Family paper by Mrs. Minnie F. Manchester Two CDs with digital copies of these items, for which these are print outs. Contents of Curtis Phelps Collection: CD1: - Main Street: 5 B/W images of Main Street, Northeast Harbor - 13 images of Northeast Harbor and Mount Desert area: 1. Asticou Inn 2. Glen Cove Hotel 3. J. H. Brancsom 4. Jordan Pond House 5. Jordan Pond 6. Manchester Point 7. Me Centeral R R ferry 8. Northeast Harbor 9. Rock End Hotel 10. Seal Harbor 11. Seaside Inn 12. Sloop Alice Marion 1921 13. Tarn - Old postcards: 1. Steamer J. T. Morse 2. Bar Harbor 1890 3. Claremont 1900's 4. Handlock Pont 1910 5. IGA 6. Northeast Harbor 1920 7. Seaside and Glen Cove hotels 8. Somes Sound 9. Somesville 1900's 10. Steamer Mount Desert [show more]
Steamer J. T. MORSE Northeast Harbor Library	Reference	Vessels, Steamboat		Steamer J. T. MORSE Northeast Harbor Library Identifier: nehl-7269 Type: Reference Subject: Vessels, Steamboat Description: The last large side-wheeler steamer used in New England for both passenger and freight service was the 214-foot J. T. Morse, built in 1903-04 in East Boston for the Eastern Steamship Company. Powered by a 600-horsepower, single-beam engine, it traveled the Rockland, Maine to Bar Harbor run from April to October or November each year. The ship was named for James Thomas Morse of the well-known maritime (shipping and towing) family from Bath, Maine. (Text from visitacadia.com) [show more]
Steamer NORUMBEGA Northeast Harbor Library	Reference	Vessels, Steamboat		Steamer NORUMBEGA Northeast Harbor Library Identifier: nehl-7274 Type: Reference Subject: Vessels, Steamboat
Steamer MOUNT DESERT Northeast Harbor Library	Reference	Vessels, Steamboat		Steamer MOUNT DESERT Northeast Harbor Library Identifier: nehl-7273 Type: Reference Subject: Vessels, Steamboat
Steamer RANGELEY Northeast Harbor Library	Reference	Vessels, Steamboat		Steamer RANGELEY Northeast Harbor Library Identifier: nehl-7272 Type: Reference Subject: Vessels, Steamboat
Steamer FRANK JONES Northeast Harbor Library	Reference	Vessels, Steamboat		Steamer FRANK JONES Northeast Harbor Library Identifier: nehl-7271 Type: Reference Subject: Vessels, Steamboat
Steamer SAPPHO Northeast Harbor Library	Reference	Vessels, Steamboat		Steamer SAPPHO Northeast Harbor Library Identifier: nehl-7270 Type: Reference Subject: Vessels, Steamboat
Cimbria - Passenger Steamer Southwest Harbor Public Library	Reference	Vessels, Steamboat	In Copyright - Non-Commercial Use Permitted	Cimbria - Passenger Steamer Southwest Harbor Public Library Identifier: swhpl-15294 Type: Reference Subject: Vessels, Steamboat
The Islesford Steamer Islesford Historical Society	Image, Photograph, Picture Postcard	Vessels, Steamboat		The Islesford Steamer Islesford Historical Society Identifier: ihs-1386 Type: Image, Photograph, Picture Postcard Subject: Vessels, Steamboat Description: Back of postcard says "The steamer 'Islesford' was launched and put in service in 1893. She was sold in 1908. She was owned and captained by Gilbert Hadlock."
Steamer Iroquois aground Bar Harbor, 7 12 1936 Islesford Historical Society	Image, Photograph	Vessels, Steamboat		Steamer Iroquois aground Bar Harbor, 7 12 1936 Islesford Historical Society Identifier: ihs-1265 Type: Image, Photograph Subject: Vessels, Steamboat
Photo of the painting Steamer Islesford Islesford Historical Society	Image, Art, Painting	Vessels, Steamboat		Photo of the painting Steamer Islesford Islesford Historical Society Identifier: ihs-1257 Type: Image, Art, Painting Subject: Vessels, Steamboat
Hadlock Steamer Florence Islesford Historical Society	Image, Photograph	Vessels, Steamboat		Hadlock Steamer Florence Islesford Historical Society Identifier: ihs-1110 Type: Image, Photograph Subject: Vessels, Steamboat
steamboat Frank Jones Islesford Historical Society	Publication, Book	Vessels, Steamboat		steamboat Frank Jones Islesford Historical Society Identifier: ihs-1506 Type: Publication, Book Subject: Vessels, Steamboat
Golden Rod Islesford Historical Society	Publication, Book	Vessels, Steamboat		Golden Rod Islesford Historical Society Identifier: ihs-1505 Type: Publication, Book Subject: Vessels, Steamboat
Casco Bay Steamship Company Southwest Harbor Public Library	Reference	Businesses, Transportation Business Vessels, Steamboat	In Copyright - Non-Commercial Use Permitted	Casco Bay Steamship Company Southwest Harbor Public Library Identifier: swhpl-13791 Type: Reference Subject: Businesses, Transportation Business Vessels, Steamboat
Yarmouth - S.S. Yarmouth - Steamship Southwest Harbor Public Library	Reference	Vessels, Steamboat	In Copyright - Non-Commercial Use Permitted	Yarmouth - S.S. Yarmouth - Steamship Southwest Harbor Public Library Identifier: swhpl-15093 Type: Reference Subject: Vessels, Steamboat Description: “The “Yarmouth,” said to be the finest and fastest sea-going steamer owned in the Dominion of Canada, is 1,432 tons gross; was built at the Clyde by A. MacMillan & Son, in the early part of 1887, for £24,000 sterling; is of 2,200 horse-power, lighted by electricity, steered by steam-power; has the other modern improvements, and berths for 350 passengers. Already a favorite with the traveling public, this steamer makes semi-weekly trips between Yarmouth and Boston,: can make the passage, 240 miles, in 15 hours, but ordinarily occupies 16 to 17 hours. The “Yarmouth” is in charge of Capt. Harvey Doane, whose twenty years’ experience in steamers running to Yarmouth entitles him to the utmost confidence; and he is ably seconded by Capt. Samuel F. Stanwood, now acting pilot.” – “Yarmouth, Nova Scotia: A Sequel to Campbell’s History” by George S. Brown, Rand Avery Company, Printers, Boston, p. 505 – 1888. Photographer Henry L. Rand traveled from Yarmouth, Nova Scotia to Boston, Massachusetts on the “Yarmouth” arriving on July 26, 1894. [show more]
J.T. Morse - Side-Wheel Steamer Southwest Harbor Public Library	Reference	Vessels, Steamboat	In Copyright - Non-Commercial Use Permitted	J.T. Morse - Side-Wheel Steamer Southwest Harbor Public Library Identifier: swhpl-14642 Type: Reference Subject: Vessels, Steamboat Description: "The "J.T. Morse" was the last of the picturesque fleet of sidewheelers whose gleaming white hulls and long foaming white wakes were once such a decorative part of the Maine scene, set in the blue of Penobscot Bay against the green background of the mountains and the wooded offshore islands. The vessel was designed specifically for the Rockland-Bar Harbor Line, connecting the overnight Boston-to-Bangor steamers at Rockland. She was ordered as a replacement for the sidewheeler "Mount Desert," built at Bath in 1879, which by the turn of the century had become too small to handle the growing summer passenger and freight business…" "The "Morse" ran her last regular season in Maine in 1931…Steamer patronage had dwindled because of the competition from the automobile, and it was no longer profitable to operate her…" - Penobscot Bay, Mount Desert and Eastport Steamboat Album by Allie Ryan, p. 6 to 11 - 1972. These six pages tell the complete story of the "J.T. Morse." [show more]
Solace - Steam Launch Southwest Harbor Public Library	Reference	Vessels, Steamboat	In Copyright - Non-Commercial Use Permitted	Solace - Steam Launch Southwest Harbor Public Library Identifier: swhpl-15947 Type: Reference Subject: Vessels, Steamboat
Norumbega - Passenger Steamer Southwest Harbor Public Library	Reference	Vessels, Steamboat	In Copyright - Non-Commercial Use Permitted	Norumbega - Passenger Steamer Southwest Harbor Public Library Identifier: swhpl-14442 Type: Reference Subject: Vessels, Steamboat
Moosehead - Passenger Steamer Mayflower - Passenger Steamer Southwest Harbor Public Library	Reference	Vessels, Steamboat	In Copyright - Non-Commercial Use Permitted	Moosehead - Passenger Steamer Mayflower - Passenger Steamer Southwest Harbor Public Library Identifier: swhpl-14638 Type: Reference Subject: Vessels, Steamboat Description: "At the end of the first decade of the century management of the Maine Central Railroad decided it wanted more class and more power for its Mt. Desert Ferry steamers and directed Bath Iron Works to produce two vessels meeting these qualifications. They were the twin steamers, "Moosehead" and "Rangeley," both 185 feet long and named after two of Maine's largest lakes. "Moosehead came out first in 1911, with two triple expansion engines that could produce 2350 horsepower and give Bar Harbor rusticators a thrilling ride…" "During World War I, "Moosehead" was taken over by the Navy, but after the war returned to civilian service under the name first of "Porpoise" and later "Mayflower," running between New York and Bridgeport, Connecticut…" - Penobscot Bay, Mount Desert and Eastport Steamboat Album by Allie Ryan, p. 5 & 32 - 1972. [show more]
Liberty - Sightseeing Boat Southwest Harbor Public Library	Reference	Vessels, Steamboat	In Copyright - Non-Commercial Use Permitted	Liberty - Sightseeing Boat Southwest Harbor Public Library Identifier: swhpl-14482 Type: Reference Subject: Vessels, Steamboat
Kronprinzessin Cecilie - Steamship Southwest Harbor Public Library	Reference	Vessels, Steamboat	In Copyright - Non-Commercial Use Permitted	Kronprinzessin Cecilie - Steamship Southwest Harbor Public Library Identifier: swhpl-15841 Type: Reference Subject: Vessels, Steamboat Description: Last of four ships of the Kaiser class, she was also the last German ship to have been built with four funnels. She was engaged in transatlantic service between her homeport of Bremen and New York until the outbreak of World War I when she sought safety at Bar Harbor. She was carrying c. $10,000,000 in gold and $3,400,000 in silver. "One morning in the summer of 1914 my husband got up and looked out the window, then called me and said in a tone of utter amazement, “There’s an ocean liner in the harbor.” Everyone knows the story of the "Kronprinzessin Cecile," how the news of the war had overtaken her in mid-ocean with her cargo of $10 million in American gold and a full complement of 1200 passengers…" - "Only in Maine: Selections from Down East Magazine," edited by Duane Doolittle, foreword by John Gould, “Old Bar Harbor Days” chapter by Marian L. Peabody, Downeast Enterprise Incorporated, Camden, Maine, 1969, p. 244. [show more]
Forest City - Sidewheel Walking Beam Passenger Steamer Southwest Harbor Public Library	Reference	Vessels, Steamboat	In Copyright - Non-Commercial Use Permitted	Forest City - Sidewheel Walking Beam Passenger Steamer Southwest Harbor Public Library Identifier: swhpl-13888 Type: Reference Subject: Vessels, Steamboat
Emita - Passenger Steamer Southwest Harbor Public Library	Reference	Vessels, Steamboat	In Copyright - Non-Commercial Use Permitted	Emita - Passenger Steamer Southwest Harbor Public Library Identifier: swhpl-13792 Type: Reference Subject: Vessels, Steamboat

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