Contributed by Norcross Heritage Trust
Description
The Great Northern Paper Company towboat, West Branch No. 3, replaced the West Branch 1 during 1943-44.
The towboat was built at North Twin Dam and served on the Lower Lakes hauling booms of pulp wood until 1963.
About This Item
- Title: Steamboat "West Branch No. 3," Lower Lakes, West Branch Penobscot River, ca. 1945
- Creation Date: circa 1945
- Subject Date: circa 1945
- Location: Lower Lakes, West Branch Penobscot River, Indian Purchase Township No. 3, Penobscot County, ME
- Media: Photographic print
- Dimensions: 9.3 cm x 12.5 cm
- Object Type: Image
Cross Reference Searches
Standardized Subject Headings
- Bodies of water--Maine--Indian Purchase Township No. 3
- Docks and piers--Maine--Indian Purchase Township No. 3
- Great Northern Paper Company
- Lumber industry--Maine--Indian Purchase Township No. 3
- Penobscot River (Me.)
- Steamboats--Maine--Indian Purchase Township No. 3
- Tugboats--Maine--Indian Purchase Township No. 3
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For more information about this item, contact:
Norcross Heritage Trust7 Cummings Rd, Apt 353, Hanover, NH 03755
(603) 653-0097
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