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Description
"This early towboat was built in 1893 in Kennebunkport, Maine, for the New England Dredging Company in Boston, Massachusetts. The Marguerite was 96 feet in length overall and weighed 28 gross tons." --Fletcher, David H. "The Portland Company 1846-1982," Charleston, S.C.; Arcadia Pub., 2002, 67.
About This Item
- Title: The tow boat Marguerite, Portland Company, ca. 1893
- Creation Date: circa 1893
- Subject Date: circa 1893
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Locations:
- Kennebunkport, York County, ME
- Portland, Cumberland County, ME
- Media: Photographic print
- Local Code: Coll. 242, Box 29 Folder 6/1
- Collection: Portland Company records
- Object Type: Image
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Standardized Subject Headings
- Manufacturing industry--Maine--Portland
- Portland Company (Me.)--Manufactures
- Metalworking industry--Maine--Portland
- Tugboats--Maine--Portland
- Marguerite (Ship)--Photographs
- New England Dredging Company (Mass.)
- Shipfitting--Maine
- Towboats--Maine
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