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Description
The towboat Orion shortly before launching from the South Portland boatyard where it was built.
The Portland Company equipped it with a boiler, engine, winches and pumps.
About This Item
- Title: Towboat Orion, South Portland, ca. 1905
- Creation Date: circa 1905
- Subject Date: circa 1905
- Location: South Portland, Cumberland County, ME
- Media: Photographic print
- Local Code: Coll. 242, Box 35 35-8
- Collection: Portland Company records
- Object Type: Image
Cross Reference Searches
Standardized Subject Headings
- Boston Towboat Company (Mass.)
- Orion (Towboat)--Photographs
- Portland Company (Me.)--Manufactures
- Shipbuilding industry--Maine--South Portland
- Shipyards--Maine--South Portland
- Towboats--Maine--South Portland
- Tugboats--Maine
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Maine Historical Society485 Congress Street, Portland, ME 04101
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