Mud bucket, Portland Company, ca. 1920

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Mud bucket, Portland Company, ca. 1920

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Description

The Portland Company, which began in 1846 making locomotive engines, built this 10-yard mud bucket for the dipper dredge Eugene. An unidentified worker is standing in the bucket.

The company branched out into various other types of engines and steam vessels. The dredge was equipped with two boilers and machinery from the Portland Company and was built for George E. Breyman & Brothers of Boston, Massachusetts.

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About This Item

  • Title: Mud bucket, Portland Company, ca. 1920
  • Creation Date: circa 1920
  • Subject Date: circa 1920
  • Locations:
    • Portland, Cumberland County, ME
    • Boston, Suffolk County, MA
  • Media: Photographic print
  • Local Code: Coll. 242, Box 40b, Folder 12/18
  • Collection: Portland Company records
  • Object Type: Image

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Maine Historical Society
485 Congress Street, Portland, ME 04101
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