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Description
"The 900-horsepower marine compound engine No. 114 was built by the Portland Company for the fishing trawler 'East Hampton' in 1913. Here it is rigged for lifting and is loaded on the dolly, ready to move from the company shops to the pier for installation aboard the vessel." --Fletcher, David H. "The Portland Company 1846-1982." Charleston, S.C.: Arcadia Pub., 2002. 69.
About This Item
- Title: 900 Horsepower Engine for the East Hampton, ca. 1913
- Creation Date: circa 1913
- Subject Date: circa 1913
- Location: Portland, Cumberland County, ME
- Media: Photographic print
- Local Code: Coll. 242, Box 39 14/4
- Collection: Portland Company records
- Object Type: Image
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Standardized Subject Headings
- Portland Company (Me.)--Manufactures
- Trawlers (Vessels)--Maine
- Marine engines
- Manufacturing industry--Maine--Portland
- Metalworking industry--Maine--Portland
- Fishing boats--Maine
- East Hampton (Vessel)
- Boat & ship industry--Maine--Portland
- Boat engines
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