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Description
The launching of the schooner Theoline #1 in Belfast in 1900 drew a large crowd.
She was built by George A. Gilchrist at the shipyard located at the foot of Miller Street for owners Fred McQuesten and others. The Theoline was sold to a New York company in 1907 and her name changed to Lakewood.
She sank on April 29, 1907, off Cape Hatteras, N.C.
About This Item
- Title: Launching of schooner "Theoline #1," Belfast, 1900
- Creation Date: 1900
- Subject Date: 1900
- Location: Belfast, Waldo County, ME
- Media: Photographic print
- Dimensions: 11 cm x 16.5 cm
- Collection: Maritime
- Object Type: Image
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Standardized Subject Headings
- Boat & ship industry--Maine--Belfast
- Theoline #1 (Ship)
- Launchings--Maine--Belfast
- Ships--Maine--Belfast
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Belfast Historical Society10 Market Street, Belfast, ME 04915
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