Keywords: Maritime Ships and boats Steamships
Item 101157
Boats at Norcross Wharf, North Twin Lake, ca. 1925
Contributed by: Norcross Heritage Trust Date: circa 1925 Location: Indian Purchase Township No. 3 Media: Photographic print
Item 42159
Steamship "Horatio Hall," ca. 1898
Contributed by: Maine Historical Society Date: circa 1898 Media: Paint, canvas, cloth, wood
Exhibit
The Schooner Bowdoin: Ninety Years of Seagoing History
After traveling to the Arctic with Robert E. Peary, Donald B. MacMillan (1874-1970), an explorer, researcher, and lecturer, helped design his own vessel for Arctic exploration, the schooner <em>Bowdoin,</em> which he named after his alma mater. The schooner remains on the seas.
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.
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Scarborough: They Called It Owascoag - Maritime Tales: Shipyards and Shipwrecks - Page 2 of 2
"… to Peter Dow Bachelder in his book Ships and Maritime Disasters of the Maine Coast, the ship was the largest wooden sailing ship ever wrecked off…"
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Historic Hallowell - Schooners, Steamers, Ships and Tankers
"… Ships and Tankers Della Collins, Eastern Steamship Company Wharf, Kennebec River, Hallowell, ca. 1890Hubbard Free Library The Zebedee E."
