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Description
The Portland Company, which began as a builder of steam locomotives, created a parade float that demonstrates its many products and functions.
The float, parked at the Portland Company headquarters on Fore Street, features the label "Builders of Steam Vessels," and is decorated with bells, lights, gears, wheels, and various fittings.
The float also notes the company's many products: locomotive, marine and stationary engines; car wheels, shafting, gearing, boilers, and castings.
About This Item
- Title: Portland Company parade float, 1886
- Creation Date: 1886
- Subject Date: 1886
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Locations:
- Portland, Cumberland County, ME
- Portland, Cumberland County, ME
- Media: Albumen print
- Dimensions: 25 cm x 38 cm
- Local Code: Coll. 242, Box 37-18
- Collection: Portland Company records
- Object Type: Image
Cross Reference Searches
Standardized Subject Headings
- Floats (Parade)--Photographs
- Portland Company (Me.)
- Railroad industry--Maine--Portland
- Steel industry--Maine--Portland
For more information about this item, contact:
Maine Historical Society485 Congress Street, Portland, ME 04101
(207) 774-1822 x230
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