Contributed by Bangor Public Library
Description
For nearly a quarter of a century, between 1894 and 1927, the City of Bangor was the "Queen" of the Penobscot Bay white steamers. She was 277 feet long, and had stateroom accommodations for 700 passengers. With a 1600 horse power engine she could make 17.5 knots. She was distinctive with her twin stacks, and a chime whistle. Captain Ingraham, her first captain, did not like the sound of the whistle and he obtained the old whistle from off the Katahdin. She kept it for her lifetime. Captain Otis Ingraham was with the City of Bangor until 1901, when Captain Howard Arey succeeded him. Arey was followed by Captain Walter E. Scott.
About This Item
- Title: Steamer City of Bangor, ca. 1900
- Creator: Leyland Whipple
- Creation Date: circa 1900
- Subject Date: circa 1900
- Location: Bangor, Penobscot County, ME
- Media: Lantern slide
- Dimensions: 7 cm x 7.7 cm
- Local Code: Whipple
- Collection: Whipple Lantern Slide Collection
- Object Type: Image
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- Penobscot River (Me.)
- City of Bangor (Ship)
- Ships--Maine
- Side wheelers--Maine
- Ferries--Maine
- Rivers--Maine
- Boston & Bangor Steamship Co.
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