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Description
"The Rowland H. Wilcox was a fishing steamer built in 1906 for the Wilcox Fertilizer Company of Mystic, Connecticut, and was equipped with all Portland Company products. The boiler was a Scotch type with a 450-horsepower engine." --Fletcher, David H. "The Portland Company 1846-1982." Charleston, S.C.: Arcadia Pub., 2002. 53.
About This Item
- Title: The Rowland H. Wilcox, ca. 1906
- Creation Date: circa 1906
- Subject Date: circa 1906
- Location: Portland, Cumberland County, ME
- Media: Photographic print
- Local Code: Coll. 242, Box 54 Folder 1/56
- Collection: Portland Company records
- Object Type: Image
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- Fishing boats
- Rowland H. Wilcox (Ship)
- Wilcox Fertilizer Company (Conn.)
- Portland Company (Me.)--Manufactures
- Boilers
- Manufacturing industry--Maine--Portland
- Metalworking industry--Maine--Portland
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