Contributed by Princeton Public Library
Description
This picture shows the Captain Lewy steamboat passing by a boom of logs in Lewy Lake or Big Lake in Princeton. The logs were impounded by using a series of boom logs connected to each other by boom chains. Big Lake and Lewy Lake lie west of the Route 1 bridge which connects Princeton with Indian Township.
About This Item
- Title: The Captain Lewy with Log Boom, Princeton, ca. 1890
- Creation Date: circa 1890
- Subject Date: circa 1890
- Location: Princeton, Washington County, ME
- Media: Photographic print
- Dimensions: 20 cm x 25 cm
- Local Code: PL8
- Object Type: Image
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Standardized Subject Headings
- Captain Lewy (ship)
- Steamboats--Maine--Princeton
- Logs--Maine--Princeton
- Lumber industry--Maine--Princeton
- Lakes & ponds--Maine--Princeton
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