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Description
Interior view of the machine shop at the Portland Company, Portland, Maine, ca. 1890. The Portland Co. manufactured locomotives, railroad cars. metal fittings for ships, engines, etc. Shown here is a shop where most of the lathes were used for turning the metal parts.
About This Item
- Title: Machine shop, Portland Co., ca. 1890
- Creation Date: circa 1890
- Subject Date: circa 1890
- Location: Portland, Cumberland County, ME
- Media: Photoprint
- Local Code: Coll. 242, Box 29-10-4
- Collection: Portland Company records
- Object Type: Image
Cross Reference Searches
Standardized Subject Headings
- Transportation equipment industries
- Railroad equipment industries
- Shipbuilding
- Metalworking industries--Maine--Portland
- Machine shops--Maine--Portland
- Machine shops--1890-1900--Photographs
- Portland Company (Portland, Me.)--Interiors--Photographs
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