Contributed by Maine Historical Society
Description
Portland Company facilities, April 15, 1937. In the foreground is the foundry building surrounded by casting flasks. In the distance are the two large Grand Trunk Railroad grain elevators and the conveyors going out onto the piers for loading ships to send the millions of bushels of grain brought in from Canada.
About This Item
- Title: Portland Company, 1937
- Creator: Bicknell Photo service
- Creation Date: 1937-04-15
- Subject Date: 1937-04-15
- Location: Portland, Cumberland County, ME
- Media: Photoprint
- Dimensions: 9 cm x 15 cm
- Local Code: Coll. 242, Box 40a 6-4
- Collection: Portland Company records
- Object Type: Image
Cross Reference Searches
Standardized Subject Headings
- Grain elevators
- Grand Trunk Railroad
- Iron industry and trade
- Marine engines
- Metalworking industries--Maine--Portland
- Portland Company (Me.)
- Railroads--Maine--Portland
- Ship equipment & rigging--1900-1910
- Shipfitting
- Steel industry and trade
- Transportation equipment industries
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Maine Historical Society485 Congress Street, Portland, ME 04101
(207) 774-1822 x230
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