Keywords: Katahdin (Steamboats)
Item 10488
Contributed by: Bangor Public Library Date: 1886 Media: Photographic print
Item 80009
Steamer Katahdin II valve room, ca. 1918
Contributed by: Moosehead Historical Society Date: circa 1918 Media: Photographic print
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After the canoe, steamboats became the favored method of transportation on Moosehead Lake. They revolutionized movement of logs and helped promote tourism in the region.
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Paper has shaped Maine's economy, molded individual and community identities, and impacted the environment throughout Maine. When Hugh Chisholm opened the Otis Falls Pulp Company in Jay in 1888, the mill was one of the most modern paper-making facilities in the country, and was connected to national and global markets. For the next century, Maine was an international leader in the manufacture of pulp and paper.
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Portland Press Herald Glass Negative Collection - 1925 National Governors' Association Convention
"Katahdin, Moosehead Lake, Rangley Lake, as well as various other locations along Maine’s woodlands and coast."
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John Martin: Expert Observer - John Martin's Journal
"… 1846 freshet, business misfortunes, Quartet Club, steamboat excursion Part 5, pages 278-361 Cholera epidemic, Alonzo Raynes, Bangorites and…"