Keywords: Schooners Bangor Penobscot River
Item 99449
Lumber schooners on the Penobscot River at Bangor, ca. 1905
Contributed by: Bangor Public Library Date: circa 1905 Location: Bangor Media: Postcard
Item 43300
Train station and waterfront, Bangor flood, 1902
Contributed by: Bangor Public Library Date: 1902-03-20 Location: Bangor 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.
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Washington County Through Eastern's Eye
Images taken by itinerant photographers for Eastern Illustrating and Publishing Company, a real photo postcard company, provide a unique look at industry, commerce, recreation, tourism, and the communities of Washington County in the early decades of the twentieth century.
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Life on a Tidal River - Bangor: Lumber Capital of the World
"1905Bangor Public Library Lumber boom on the Penobscot River at Bangor, ca. 1905Bangor Public Library"
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Highlighting Historical Hampden - Shipyards
"The Boston & Bangor Steamboat Company (1834-1935) serviced a steamboat wharf in Hampden and carried passengers and freight from town to town along…"
