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Description
Marine boiler built by the Portland Company, Portland, Maine ca. 1900. "Here we see a Scotch-type marine boiler being lifted by the Portland Company A-frame derrick and about to be lowered below through an opening in the deck of a vessel tied up at the company pier." - Fletcher, David H. 'The Portland Company 1846-1982. Charlest, S.C. : Arcadia Pub., 2002. 73.
About This Item
- Title: Marine boiler, ca. 1900
- Creation Date: circa 1900
- Subject Date: circa 1900
- Location: Portland, Cumberland County, ME
- Media: Photoprint
- Dimensions: 19 cm x 23 cm
- Local Code: Coll. 242, Box 40a 5-17
- Collection: Portland Company records
- Object Type: Image
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Standardized Subject Headings
- Ship equipment & rigging--1900-1910
- Transportation equipment industries
- Metalworking industries--Maine--Portland
- Portland Company (Me.)
- Marine engines
- Shipfitting
- Iron industry and trade
- Steel industry and trade
- Boilers
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