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Description
"The twin-screw steamer 'Ripogenus' is being guided in the harbor by the tug 'Cumberland.' The 'Ripogenus's' home port was Belfast, Maine. At 267 feet in length, she was an impressive vessel." -- Fletcher, David H. "The Portland Company 1846-1982." Charleston, S.C.: Arcadia Pub., 2002. 49.
About This Item
- Title: The Steamer Ripogenus and the Tug Cumberland, ca. 1900
- Creation Date: circa 1900
- Subject Date: circa 1900
- Location: Belfast, Waldo County, ME
- Media: Photographic print
- Local Code: Coll. 242, Box 39 Folder 9/24
- Collection: Portland Company records
- Object Type: Image
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- Boat & ship industry--Maine--Rockland
- Cumberland (Steamboat)--Photographs
- Fishing boats--Maine
- Manufacturing industry--Maine--Portland
- Metalworking industry--Maine--Portland
- Portland Company (Me.)--Manufactures
- Ripogenus (Tugboat)--Photographs
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