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Description
"Almost an identical sister to the steam tug Cumberland, the Portland was built only a few years earlier in 1902 in South Portland, Maine, for the Central Wharf Towboat Company of Boston, Massachusetts. She was 87 feet long stem to stern and also Portland Company equipped." --Fletcher, David H. "The Portland Company 1846-1982," Charleston, S.C.; Arcadia Pub., 2002, 67.
About This Item
- Title: Steam tug Portland, Portland Company, ca. 1902
- Creation Date: circa 1902
- Subject Date: circa 1902
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Locations:
- South Portland, Cumberland County, ME
- Boston, Suffolk County, MA
- Media: Photographic print
- Local Code: Coll. 242, Box 39 Folder 3/1
- Collection: Portland Company records
- Object Type: Image
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Standardized Subject Headings
- Portland Company (Me.)--Manufactures
- Shipfitting
- Manufacturing industry--Maine--Portland
- Metalworking industry--Maine--Portland
- Central Wharf Towboat Company (Mass.)
- Tugboats--Maine--Portland
- Portland (Ship)--Photographs
- Towboats
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