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15092Katahdin - Side-wheel Steamer
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  • Vessels, Steamboat
Built by and/or owned by The Sanford Steamship Co.
Katahdin - Side-wheel Steamer
Item:
  • 15092   
Type:
  • Reference
Subject:
  • Vessels, Steamboat
Description:
Built by and/or owned by The Sanford Steamship Co.
15841Kronprinzessin Cecilie - Steamship
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  • Vessels, Steamboat
Last of four ships of the Kaiser class, she was also the last German ship to have been built with four funnels. She was engaged in transatlantic service between her homeport of Bremen and New York until the outbreak of World War I when she sought safety at Bar Harbor. She was carrying c. $10,000,000 in gold and $3,400,000 in silver. "One morning in the summer of 1914 my husband got up and looked out the window, then called me and said in a tone of utter amazement, “There’s an ocean liner in the harbor.” Everyone knows the story of the "Kronprinzessin Cecile," how the news of the war had overtaken her in mid-ocean with her cargo of $10 million in American gold and a full complement of 1200 passengers…" - "Only in Maine: Selections from Down East Magazine," edited by Duane Doolittle, foreword by John Gould, “Old Bar Harbor Days” chapter by Marian L. Peabody, Downeast Enterprise Incorporated, Camden, Maine, 1969, p. 244.
Kronprinzessin Cecilie - Steamship
Item:
  • 15841   
Type:
  • Reference
Subject:
  • Vessels, Steamboat
Description:
Last of four ships of the Kaiser class, she was also the last German ship to have been built with four funnels. She was engaged in transatlantic service between her homeport of Bremen and New York until the outbreak of World War I when she sought safety at Bar Harbor. She was carrying c. $10,000,000 in gold and $3,400,000 in silver. "One morning in the summer of 1914 my husband got up and looked out the window, then called me and said in a tone of utter amazement, “There’s an ocean liner in the harbor.” Everyone knows the story of the "Kronprinzessin Cecile," how the news of the war had overtaken her in mid-ocean with her cargo of $10 million in American gold and a full complement of 1200 passengers…" - "Only in Maine: Selections from Down East Magazine," edited by Duane Doolittle, foreword by John Gould, “Old Bar Harbor Days” chapter by Marian L. Peabody, Downeast Enterprise Incorporated, Camden, Maine, 1969, p. 244. [show more]
6410Lewiston - Sidewheel Steamer
  • Image, Photograph
  • Vessels, Steamboat
Lewiston - Sidewheel Steamer
Item:
  • 6410   
Type:
  • Image, Photograph
Subject:
  • Vessels, Steamboat
State:
  • ME
Source:
  • Collection of the Clark Family
14645Lewiston - Sidewheel Walking Beam Steamer
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  • Vessels, Steamboat
The Lewiston was the sister ship to Steamer Forest City. She was built in New York in 1856 and operated on the Boston - Bangor line. She had a walking beam engine.
Lewiston - Sidewheel Walking Beam Steamer
Item:
  • 14645   
Type:
  • Reference
Subject:
  • Vessels, Steamboat
Description:
The Lewiston was the sister ship to Steamer Forest City. She was built in New York in 1856 and operated on the Boston - Bangor line. She had a walking beam engine.
14482Liberty - Sightseeing Boat
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  • Vessels, Steamboat
Liberty - Sightseeing Boat
Item:
  • 14482   
Type:
  • Reference
Subject:
  • Vessels, Steamboat
14774Merryconeag - Passenger Steamer
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  • Vessels, Steamboat
Merryconeag - Passenger Steamer
Item:
  • 14774   
Type:
  • Reference
Subject:
  • Vessels, Steamboat
14772Mineola - Passenger Steamer
  • Reference
  • Vessels, Steamboat
Mineola - Passenger Steamer
Item:
  • 14772   
Type:
  • Reference
Subject:
  • Vessels, Steamboat
11264Mississippi Sternwheel Steamer at St. Louis, Missouri
  • Image, Photograph, Picture Postcard
  • Vessels, Steamboat
  • St Louis MO
Mississippi Sternwheel Steamer at St. Louis, Missouri
Item:
  • 11264   
Type:
  • Image, Photograph, Picture Postcard
Subject:
  • Vessels, Steamboat
Place:
  • St Louis MO
State:
  • MO
Source:
  • The Ward Family Collection
14638Moosehead - Passenger Steamer
Mayflower - Passenger Steamer
  • Reference
  • Vessels, Steamboat
"At the end of the first decade of the century management of the Maine Central Railroad decided it wanted more class and more power for its Mt. Desert Ferry steamers and directed Bath Iron Works to produce two vessels meeting these qualifications. They were the twin steamers, "Moosehead" and "Rangeley," both 185 feet long and named after two of Maine's largest lakes. "Moosehead came out first in 1911, with two triple expansion engines that could produce 2350 horsepower and give Bar Harbor rusticators a thrilling ride…" "During World War I, "Moosehead" was taken over by the Navy, but after the war returned to civilian service under the name first of "Porpoise" and later "Mayflower," running between New York and Bridgeport, Connecticut…" - Penobscot Bay, Mount Desert and Eastport Steamboat Album by Allie Ryan, p. 5 & 32 - 1972.
Moosehead - Passenger Steamer
Mayflower - Passenger Steamer
Item:
  • 14638   
Type:
  • Reference
Subject:
  • Vessels, Steamboat
Description:
"At the end of the first decade of the century management of the Maine Central Railroad decided it wanted more class and more power for its Mt. Desert Ferry steamers and directed Bath Iron Works to produce two vessels meeting these qualifications. They were the twin steamers, "Moosehead" and "Rangeley," both 185 feet long and named after two of Maine's largest lakes. "Moosehead came out first in 1911, with two triple expansion engines that could produce 2350 horsepower and give Bar Harbor rusticators a thrilling ride…" "During World War I, "Moosehead" was taken over by the Navy, but after the war returned to civilian service under the name first of "Porpoise" and later "Mayflower," running between New York and Bridgeport, Connecticut…" - Penobscot Bay, Mount Desert and Eastport Steamboat Album by Allie Ryan, p. 5 & 32 - 1972. [show more]
14422Mount Desert - Sidewheel Steamer
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  • Vessels, Steamboat
Mount Desert - Sidewheel Steamer
Item:
  • 14422   
Type:
  • Reference
Subject:
  • Vessels, Steamboat
14442Norumbega - Passenger Steamer
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  • Vessels, Steamboat
Norumbega - Passenger Steamer
Item:
  • 14442   
Type:
  • Reference
Subject:
  • Vessels, Steamboat
6866Norumbega - Passenger Steamer
  • Image, Photograph
  • Vessels, Steamboat
  • Ballard - Willis Humphreys Ballard (1906-1980)
Norumbega - Passenger Steamer
Item:
  • 6866   
Type:
  • Image, Photograph
Subject:
  • Vessels, Steamboat
Creator:
  • Ballard - Willis Humphreys Ballard (1906-1980)
State:
  • ME
15018Olivette - Auxiliary Sail Steamer
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  • Vessels, Steamboat
“In 1888 the Plant Railroad and Steamship Co. of Florida endeavored to find summer work for its fine steel screw steamer “Olivette” (which in the winter plied between Port Tampa, Key West, Fla., and Havana) by sending her to Boston in June of that year to open a new and direct line from that place to Bar Harbor. The “Olivette,” built by William Cramp and Co. at Philadelphia, was launched on Feb. 16, 1887. She was in reality a small ocean steamer and a far better sea boat than anything then or since running to the coast of Maine. Richardson and Barnard, 20 Atlantic avenue, were the Boston agents, and Albert Bee acted in the same capacity in Bar Harbor. Her schedule was as follows: From Boston every Tuesday, Thursday and Saturday, at 6 P.M., arriving at Bar Harbor the next morning at 7, with the regularity of clockwork. Returning, the “Olivette” left Bar Harbor on Mondays, Wednesdays and Fridays, at 6 P.M., due in Boston at 7 the next morning. To keep up this timetable meant a speed of nearly 18 knots an hour,, fog or no fog but this she did, and with only one accident, when in 1888, in a fog, she ran into the schooner “Edward H. Blake,” loaded with ice and lumber, cut her in two and sank her, and with not the slightest injury to herself. Capt. James McKay (now superintendent of the U.S Transport service at Jacksonville, Fla.), who commanded the “Olivette” during all the years she ran to Bar Harbor, considers it one of the most wonderful accidents he ever heard of, for at the time of the collision the schooner was only 17 days old.” - “Some Account of Steam Navigation in New England” by Francis Boardman Crowninshield Bradlee, The Essex Institute, p. 110-111 – 1920. "Steamer, Olivette, collides with the schooner, Edward H. Blake, launched two weeks before at Millbridge. Loaded with 1017 tons of ice and 102,000 feet of spruce lumber, the Blake was cut completely in two. The crew and passengers were saved. Captain was George E. Smith of Bangor...Collision happened off Matinicus. The Blake was struck between mizzen mast and cabin. The vessel was taken to Orrington to be repaired." - July 17, 1890 - The Bar Harbor Record or Times. As the “Olivette” was luxuriously fitted up with modern convenience, she naturally enjoyed the cream the passenger and express traffic; she remained on line up to 1891 inclusive, and was fought off by the persistent hostility of the Maine Central Railroad. Then she was placed by her owners on the Boston-Halifax, N.S. route running (in the summer) for many years connection with other steamers. The “Olivette’ was totally lost on the north coast of Cuba in January, 1918.” - “Some Account of Steam Navigation in New England” by Francis Boardman Crowninshield Bradlee, The Essex Institute, p. 110-111 - 1920.
Olivette - Auxiliary Sail Steamer
Item:
  • 15018   
Type:
  • Reference
Subject:
  • Vessels, Steamboat
Description:
“In 1888 the Plant Railroad and Steamship Co. of Florida endeavored to find summer work for its fine steel screw steamer “Olivette” (which in the winter plied between Port Tampa, Key West, Fla., and Havana) by sending her to Boston in June of that year to open a new and direct line from that place to Bar Harbor. The “Olivette,” built by William Cramp and Co. at Philadelphia, was launched on Feb. 16, 1887. She was in reality a small ocean steamer and a far better sea boat than anything then or since running to the coast of Maine. Richardson and Barnard, 20 Atlantic avenue, were the Boston agents, and Albert Bee acted in the same capacity in Bar Harbor. Her schedule was as follows: From Boston every Tuesday, Thursday and Saturday, at 6 P.M., arriving at Bar Harbor the next morning at 7, with the regularity of clockwork. Returning, the “Olivette” left Bar Harbor on Mondays, Wednesdays and Fridays, at 6 P.M., due in Boston at 7 the next morning. To keep up this timetable meant a speed of nearly 18 knots an hour,, fog or no fog but this she did, and with only one accident, when in 1888, in a fog, she ran into the schooner “Edward H. Blake,” loaded with ice and lumber, cut her in two and sank her, and with not the slightest injury to herself. Capt. James McKay (now superintendent of the U.S Transport service at Jacksonville, Fla.), who commanded the “Olivette” during all the years she ran to Bar Harbor, considers it one of the most wonderful accidents he ever heard of, for at the time of the collision the schooner was only 17 days old.” - “Some Account of Steam Navigation in New England” by Francis Boardman Crowninshield Bradlee, The Essex Institute, p. 110-111 – 1920. "Steamer, Olivette, collides with the schooner, Edward H. Blake, launched two weeks before at Millbridge. Loaded with 1017 tons of ice and 102,000 feet of spruce lumber, the Blake was cut completely in two. The crew and passengers were saved. Captain was George E. Smith of Bangor...Collision happened off Matinicus. The Blake was struck between mizzen mast and cabin. The vessel was taken to Orrington to be repaired." - July 17, 1890 - The Bar Harbor Record or Times. As the “Olivette” was luxuriously fitted up with modern convenience, she naturally enjoyed the cream the passenger and express traffic; she remained on line up to 1891 inclusive, and was fought off by the persistent hostility of the Maine Central Railroad. Then she was placed by her owners on the Boston-Halifax, N.S. route running (in the summer) for many years connection with other steamers. The “Olivette’ was totally lost on the north coast of Cuba in January, 1918.” - “Some Account of Steam Navigation in New England” by Francis Boardman Crowninshield Bradlee, The Essex Institute, p. 110-111 - 1920. [show more]
6489Passenger Steamer Belfast
  • Image, Photograph, Picture Postcard
  • Vessels, Steamboat
Passenger Steamer Belfast
Item:
  • 6489   
Accession #:
  • 1023
Type:
  • Image, Photograph, Picture Postcard
Subject:
  • Vessels, Steamboat
State:
  • ME
Source:
  • Eleanor R. Mayo Collection
14655Penobscot - Sidewheel Walking Beam Steamer
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  • Vessels, Steamboat
“A series of beautiful and larger vessels [of the Sanford Independent Co., based in Bangor, Maine] appeared, starting in 1882 with the “Penobscot,” the twins: “City of Bangor,” 1894, and “City of Rockland,” 1900; and the sister ships “Belfast” and “Camden.”” - “Bangor, Maine: An Illustrated History – 1769-1976” – A New Edition in honor of the National Bi-Centennial edited by James B. Vickery, p. 47-48 – 1976.
Penobscot - Sidewheel Walking Beam Steamer
Item:
  • 14655   
Type:
  • Reference
Subject:
  • Vessels, Steamboat
Description:
“A series of beautiful and larger vessels [of the Sanford Independent Co., based in Bangor, Maine] appeared, starting in 1882 with the “Penobscot,” the twins: “City of Bangor,” 1894, and “City of Rockland,” 1900; and the sister ships “Belfast” and “Camden.”” - “Bangor, Maine: An Illustrated History – 1769-1976” – A New Edition in honor of the National Bi-Centennial edited by James B. Vickery, p. 47-48 – 1976.
13890Pilgrim - Steamer
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  • Vessels, Steamboat
Pilgrim - Steamer
Item:
  • 13890   
Type:
  • Reference
Subject:
  • Vessels, Steamboat
7116Pilgrim - Steamer
  • Image, Photograph
  • Vessels, Steamboat
  • Casco Bay ME
The Steamer Pilgrim at Great Diamond Island
Pilgrim - Steamer
Item:
  • 7116   
Accession #:
  • 1023
Type:
  • Image, Photograph
Subject:
  • Vessels, Steamboat
Place:
  • Casco Bay ME
State:
  • ME
Source:
  • Eleanor R. Mayo Collection
Description:
The Steamer Pilgrim at Great Diamond Island
6486Pilgrim at Peak's Island Landing, Portland, Maine
  • Image, Photograph
  • Vessels, Steamboat
  • Portland ME, Peaks Island
Pilgrim at Peak's Island Landing, Portland, Maine
Item:
  • 6486   
Accession #:
  • 1023
Type:
  • Image, Photograph
Subject:
  • Vessels, Steamboat
Place:
  • Portland ME, Peaks Island
State:
  • ME
Source:
  • Eleanor R. Mayo Collection
14770Portland - Passenger Steamer
  • Reference
  • Vessels, Steamboat
Portland - Passenger Steamer
Item:
  • 14770   
Type:
  • Reference
Subject:
  • Vessels, Steamboat
14639Rangeley - Passenger Steamer
  • Reference
  • Vessels, Steamboat
“Last of the Maine Central’s fleet, built in 1913. Bath built and almost the twin of “Moosehead.” Had a single 1200 triple expansion engine in place of “Moosehead’s” twins. WWI conditions and tourist traffic by auto sent the “Rangeley” to New York in April, 1925. Hudson River Dayliner, renamed the “Chauncey M. DePew.” In 1941 she was under lease to the Government. Released from that lease, she went to Boston and sailed for the Nantasket Steamboat Co.’s Provincetown Service, still as the “Depew.” Since then she was on the Block Island run, the New York Harbor service, spent 1949 on the Tolchester Line, and was sold to Bermuda as a tender to cruise ships too large to dock at Hamilton and St. George. She made the trip from Baltimore to Bermuda under her own power.” – Eleanor Mayo’s notes for this photograph. "Rangeley was built at Bath Iron Works, Bath, Maine in 1913. She had a steel hull, was 185.1’ x 35.6’ (molded 30.5’) x 13.5’ (overall, 194’11” x 34’4”, 11’7” draft, loated, aft) 652 gross, 282 net tons. She carried a triple expansion Bath Iron Works engine. Cylinders, 16”, 26”, 30” x 2’ – 1 boiler – 1198 hp." - “Hudson River Day Line: The Story of a Great American Steamboat Company” by Donald C. Ringwald, published by Howell-North Books, Berkeley, California, 1965, p. 158-161, 213. "Rangeley's" service for the Maine Central Railroad was to carry passengers from the Mount Desert Ferry terminal to various towns on Mount Desert Island.
Rangeley - Passenger Steamer
Item:
  • 14639   
Type:
  • Reference
Subject:
  • Vessels, Steamboat
Description:
“Last of the Maine Central’s fleet, built in 1913. Bath built and almost the twin of “Moosehead.” Had a single 1200 triple expansion engine in place of “Moosehead’s” twins. WWI conditions and tourist traffic by auto sent the “Rangeley” to New York in April, 1925. Hudson River Dayliner, renamed the “Chauncey M. DePew.” In 1941 she was under lease to the Government. Released from that lease, she went to Boston and sailed for the Nantasket Steamboat Co.’s Provincetown Service, still as the “Depew.” Since then she was on the Block Island run, the New York Harbor service, spent 1949 on the Tolchester Line, and was sold to Bermuda as a tender to cruise ships too large to dock at Hamilton and St. George. She made the trip from Baltimore to Bermuda under her own power.” – Eleanor Mayo’s notes for this photograph. "Rangeley was built at Bath Iron Works, Bath, Maine in 1913. She had a steel hull, was 185.1’ x 35.6’ (molded 30.5’) x 13.5’ (overall, 194’11” x 34’4”, 11’7” draft, loated, aft) 652 gross, 282 net tons. She carried a triple expansion Bath Iron Works engine. Cylinders, 16”, 26”, 30” x 2’ – 1 boiler – 1198 hp." - “Hudson River Day Line: The Story of a Great American Steamboat Company” by Donald C. Ringwald, published by Howell-North Books, Berkeley, California, 1965, p. 158-161, 213. "Rangeley's" service for the Maine Central Railroad was to carry passengers from the Mount Desert Ferry terminal to various towns on Mount Desert Island. [show more]
14771Ransom B. Fuller - Passenger Steamer
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  • Vessels, Steamboat
Ransom B. Fuller - Passenger Steamer
Item:
  • 14771   
Type:
  • Reference
Subject:
  • Vessels, Steamboat
14602Rockland - Sidewheel Steamer
  • Reference
  • Vessels, Steamboat
This “Rockland” is not to be confused with the later steamer “City of Rockland.” "Rockland" was built at Hoboken, New Jersey, in 1853 and owned by Francis Cobb and others of Rockland, Maine. She made her first trip on August 21, 1854, commanded by Captain E.S. Blaisdell.
Rockland - Sidewheel Steamer
Item:
  • 14602   
Type:
  • Reference
Subject:
  • Vessels, Steamboat
Description:
This “Rockland” is not to be confused with the later steamer “City of Rockland.” "Rockland" was built at Hoboken, New Jersey, in 1853 and owned by Francis Cobb and others of Rockland, Maine. She made her first trip on August 21, 1854, commanded by Captain E.S. Blaisdell.
6413Roderick Pepper Clark at Steamboat Wharf with Steamer Westport
  • Image, Photograph
  • People
  • Vessels, Steamboat
  • Southwest Harbor
Roderick Pepper Clark at Steamboat Wharf with Steamer Westport
Item:
  • 6413   
Type:
  • Image, Photograph
Subject:
  • People
  • Vessels, Steamboat
Place:
  • Southwest Harbor
State:
  • ME
Source:
  • Collection of the Clark Family
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14604Rose Standish - Sidewheel Walking Beam Steamer
  • Reference
  • Vessels, Steamboat
"Rose Standish," probably named for Rose Standish, the wife of Miles Standish, was a side wheel steamer with a walking beam engine. "Built in Brooklyn 1863 - sold to Frontier Steamboat Company of Calais, Maine, in 1887 - 154 feet length over all - 27 foot Beam, 392 gross tons. The Rose Standish sailed the Saint Croix River between Maine and New Brunswick. From Calais, Maine to East Port, Maine, over to Saint Andrew, New Brunswick, Canada, making stops to other small communities in between." - According to Craig Martin Little on his Little Ships of the Maritimes web site. - 2007
Rose Standish - Sidewheel Walking Beam Steamer
Item:
  • 14604   
Type:
  • Reference
Subject:
  • Vessels, Steamboat
Description:
"Rose Standish," probably named for Rose Standish, the wife of Miles Standish, was a side wheel steamer with a walking beam engine. "Built in Brooklyn 1863 - sold to Frontier Steamboat Company of Calais, Maine, in 1887 - 154 feet length over all - 27 foot Beam, 392 gross tons. The Rose Standish sailed the Saint Croix River between Maine and New Brunswick. From Calais, Maine to East Port, Maine, over to Saint Andrew, New Brunswick, Canada, making stops to other small communities in between." - According to Craig Martin Little on his Little Ships of the Maritimes web site. - 2007 [show more]
14773Salacia - Passenger Steamer
  • Reference
  • Vessels, Steamboat
Salacia - Passenger Steamer
Item:
  • 14773   
Type:
  • Reference
Subject:
  • Vessels, Steamboat