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Description
Portland Company, Portland, Maine boiler shop employees, August 30, 1887. "The boiler shop employees were vital for the production of the 630 steam locomotive[s] and hundreds of marine and industrial boilers built by the Portland Company during the 19th century."- Fletcher, David H. 'The Portland Company 1846-1982. Charleston, S.C. : Arcadia Pub., 2002. 21.
About This Item
- Title: Portland Company boiler shop employees, August 30, 1887
- Creation Date: 1887-08-30
- Subject Date: 1887-08-30
- Location: Portland, Cumberland County, ME
- Media: Albumen print
- Local Code: Coll. 242, Box 37-17
- Collection: Portland Company records
- Object Type: Image
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Standardized Subject Headings
- Shipfitting
- Transportation equipment industries
- Shipbuilding
- Metalworking industries
- Portland Company (Portland, Me.)--Employees--Photographs
- Railroad equipment industries
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