Keywords: Fuel for Steamships
Item 28598
Site of future Bath City Hall, ca. 1896
Contributed by: Private Collection through Patten Free Library Date: circa 1896 Location: Bath Media: Photographic print
Exhibit
After the canoe, steamboats became the favored method of transportation on Moosehead Lake. They revolutionized movement of logs and helped promote tourism in the region.
Exhibit
For one hundred years, Acadia National Park has captured the American imagination and stood as the most recognizable symbol of Maine’s important natural history and identity. This exhibit highlights Maine Memory content relating to Acadia and Mount Desert Island.
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John Martin: Expert Observer - Scrapbook 1: 1885-1899, Katahdin Iron Works, Silver Lake Hotel
"… as "Katahdin Iron Works." The large furnace was fueled by wood, cut nearby and turned into charcoal."
