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Description
"The steamer St. Croix was built in 1895 in Bath, Maine, as a passenger vessel for the Eastern Steamship Company of Eastport, Maine. She was 262 feet long overall and weighed 2,000 gross tons. The Portland Company built and installed all of her equipment as well as four three-furnace Scotch press-type 170-pound boilers. She is seen here entering Portland Harbor just below Eastern Promenade." --Fletcher, David H. "The Portland Company 1846-1982." Charleston, S.C.: Arcadia Pub., 2002. p.60.
About This Item
- Title: The Steamer St. Croix, Portland Company, ca. 1895
- Creation Date: circa 1895
- Subject Date: circa 1895
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Locations:
- Portland, Cumberland County, ME
- Bath, Sagadahoc County, ME
- Media: Photographic print
- Local Code: Coll. 242, Box 39 Folder 6/16
- Collection: Portland Company records
- Object Type: Image
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Standardized Subject Headings
- Shipfitting
- Eastern Steamship Company
- Manufacturing industry--Maine--Portland
- Portland Company (Me.)--Manufactures
- Metalworking industry--Maine--Portland
- St. Croix (Ship)--Photographs
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