Keywords: Maine Steam Ship Company
Item 16383
The Steam Ship Horatio Hall, ca. 1905
Contributed by: Stanley Museum Date: circa 1905 Location: Portland Media: Photographic print
Item 27751
Wharf of the Boston and Bangor Steamship Company, Hampden, 1916
Contributed by: Hampden Historical Society Date: 1916 Location: Hampden Media: Photographic print
Exhibit
These stories -- that stretch from 1999 back to 1759 -- take you from an amusement park to the halls of Congress. There are inventors, artists, showmen, a railway agent, a man whose civic endeavors helped shape Portland, a man devoted to the pursuit of peace and one known for his military exploits, Maine's first novelist, a woman who recorded everyday life in detail, and an Indian who survived a British attack.
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.
Site Page
Historic Hallowell - Schooners, Steamers, Ships and Tankers
"Cliff was a schooner that had competition from steam-powered freighters during the Great Depression. In 1941, the "Zebedee E. Cliff" and the "Maude M."
Site Page
Swan's Island: Six miles east of ordinary - III. Boom, bustle, bust: The Steamboat Years to WWII
"Over sixty years of steam service, two captains and three ships: the Vinalhaven, Governor Bodwell, and the North Haven, served the needs of Swan’s…"
