Keywords: steel hull
Item 23088
West Branch 2, Ambajejus, ca. 1950
Contributed by: Ambajejus Boom House Museum Date: circa 1950 Location: T1 R9 WELS Media: Photographic print
Item 8855
Launching of the yacht CORSAIR (IV) at Bath Iron Works, 1930
Contributed by: Maine Maritime Museum Date: 1930-04-10 Location: Bath 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.
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
Historic Hallowell - Industrial Recources
"A Shipwright's Tool was used in attaching the hull planking to frame timbers. It consisted of a sturdy, wooden rod tapered at both ends."
Story
A first encounter with Bath and its wonderful history
by John Decker
Visiting the Maine Maritime Museum as part of a conference