Keywords: Oil Tanker
Item 151989
Felix the Pig, mascot of the Standard Oil tanker "Astral," Portland, 1926
Contributed by: Maine Historical Society/MaineToday Media Date: 1926-05-29 Location: Portland Media: Glass negative
Item 17950
Bangor and Aroostook Railroad Facility, Searsport, ca. 1990
Contributed by: Oakfield Historical Society Date: circa 1990 Location: Searsport Media: Photographic print
Exhibit
Port of Portland's Custom House and Collectors of Customs
The collector of Portland was the key to federal patronage in Maine, though other ports and towns had collectors. Through the 19th century, the revenue was the major source of Federal Government income. As in Colonial times, the person appointed to head the custom House in Casco Bay was almost always a leading community figure, or a well-connected political personage.
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Historic Hallowell - “Maine’s Century” Ends
"… made to the Wingate Wharf, and in 1962 the last tanker off-loaded its cargo of heating oil. The Kennebec River, too, lost its luster as industrial…"
