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Description
A building 200 feet long and 50 feet wide that the Portland Company manufactured for shipment to Cardenas, Cuba.
It served as a two-story market with masonry walls and ornate cast stairs and railings. The center supported a cast dome, and it was built in 1857 at a cost of $60,000.
About This Item
- Title: Cardenas Marketplace, Cuba, ca. 1857
- Creation Date: circa 1857
- Subject Date: circa 1857
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Locations:
- Cardenas, Cuba
- Portland, Cumberland County, ME
- Media: Ink on paper
- Local Code: Coll. 242, Photo Box OS-5, 229
- Collection: Portland Company records
- Object Type: Image
Cross Reference Searches
Standardized Subject Headings
- Architectural drawing
- Architectural elements--Cuba--Cardenas
- Domes--Cuba--Cardenas
- Manufacturing industry--Maine--Portland
- Markets--Cuba--Cardenas
- Metalworking industry--Maine--Portland
- Portland Company (Me.)--Manufactures
For more information about this item, contact:
Maine Historical Society485 Congress Street, Portland, ME 04101
(207) 774-1822 x230
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