Keywords: Eastern Steam Ship Company
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Historic Hallowell - Schooners, Steamers, Ships and Tankers
"1890Hubbard Free Library The Zebedee E. Cliff was a schooner that had competition from steam-powered freighters during the Great Depression."
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Surry by the Bay - Nineteenth Century
"… were also two mining companies, the Blue Hill Bay Company and the East Surry Company. Despite the town's many businesses however, a worldwide…"
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Presque Isle: The Star City - History of Presque Isle
"… (later known as the Canadian Pacific Railroad) steamed into town allowing for starch to be shipped south via New Brunswick."
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Maine's Swedish Colony, July 23, 1870 - Industry
"By the middle of 1904, the company was shipping two cars of product each week. The company also ran a starch factory from 1904 to 1909, when it was…"
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"The boilers exploded, filling the ship with steam. Within 15 minutes the Larchmont sank taking most of her passengers to their deaths."
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"… first voyage from Boston to Lubec, inaugurating steam ship service to the town. Arrived to great fanfare."
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"A group of businessmen formed a committee to build wharves that would accommodate the new ships. On August 31, 1893 the S.S."