Keywords: passenger boats
Item 105897
Passenger boat landing, Boothbay Harbor, ca. 1940
Contributed by: Penobscot Marine Museum Date: circa 1940 Location: Boothbay Media: Glass Plate Negative
Item 83294
Steamboat 'Merryconeag', ca. 1900
Contributed by: Boothbay Region Historical Society Date: circa 1900 Location: Boothbay Harbor Media: Photographic print
Exhibit
Jameson & Wotton Wharf, Friendship
Since 1897, the Jameson & Wotton Wharf in Friendship has been an important addition to the community on Muscongus Bay. The wharf, which is accessible at all tides, was a steamboat stop for many years, as well as important to the lobster business.
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.
Site Page
"The Seawind carried passengers and freight, and the Quarry Wharf became a social center at landing time when islanders gathered to exchange news and…"
Site Page
Scarborough: They Called It Owascoag - Transportation Through the Years - Page 1 of 4
"Passenger service was reinstituted recently with the advent of Amtrak’s Downeaster service between Boston and Portland."
Story
An enjoyable conference, Portland 2021
by John C. Decker, Danville, Pennsylvania
Some snippets from a 4-day conference by transportation historians in Portland, September 7-11, 2021
