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Description
A three-masted schooner and the steamboat S.E. Spring. The boats were moored at a wharf on the lower side of Indian Island, also known as Cutts Island. The island is now called Factory Island and is only four miles away from the Atlantic Ocean, located within the Saco River.
The S. E. Spring was launched July 1, 1881, at the George Russell yard at East Deering. Gross tons: 154.83, net tons, 83.56; 93.7 ft. x 19 ft. x 4.8 ft. One deck, round stern, a plain head. Her first captain was Daniel Goldthwait who brought her down from Portland to Saco. At the end of the 1890 tourist season, the excursions ended. She was run by the Old Orchard Steamboat Company.
About This Item
- Title: Boats Near Factory Island, Saco, ca. 1870
- Creation Date: circa 1870
- Subject Date: circa 1870
- Location: Factory Island, Saco, York County, ME
- Media: Photographic print
- Dimensions: 12.5 cm x 19.5 cm
- Local Code: 1166
- Object Type: Image
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Standardized Subject Headings
- Saco River (N.H. and Me.)
- Schooners--Maine
- Side wheelers--Maine
- Islands--Maine
- Factory Island (Saco, Me.)
- Ships--Maine
- Boats--Maine
- Ferries--Maine
- S.E. Spring (Ship)
- Rivers--Maine
- Rivers--New Hampshire
- Mills--Maine--Saco
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Dyer Library/Saco Museum371 Main Street, Saco, ME 04072
207-283-3861
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