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Description
The Portland Company was founded in 1846 and its first work was to build wood-burning locomotives for the nation's railroads. At the time of this photograph (1887) the foundrymen would have been crafting engines and boilers for steamships and tugboats, and Admiral Peary's boat the Roosevelt which was fitted for Arctic exploration with a Portland Company power plant and auxiliary machinery.
About This Item
- Title: Foundry employees, Portland Company, August 1887
- Creation Date: 1887
- Subject Date: 1887
- Location: Portland, Cumberland County, ME
- Media: Albumen print
- Dimensions: 18 cm x 24 cm
- Local Code: Coll. 242, Box 37 #75
- Collection: Portland Company records
- Object Type: Image
Cross Reference Searches
Standardized Subject Headings
- Steel industry--Maine--Portland
- Iron and steel workers--Maine--Portland--Photographs
- Foundaries--Maine--Portland
- Portland Company (Me.)--Employees--Photographs
- Steel industry--Maine--Portland
- Factories--Maine--Portland
- Portland Company (Me.)--Employees--Photographs
- Iron and steel workers--Maine--Portland--Photographs
- Factories--Maine--Portland
- Foundaries--Maine--Portland
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