Keywords: Steamboat landing
Item 80430
Steamboat Landing, Friendship, 1908
Contributed by: Friendship Museum Date: 1908 Location: Friendship Media: Photographic print
Item 81440
Steamboat wharf from the water, Friendship, ca. 1905
Contributed by: Friendship Museum Date: circa 1905 Location: Friendship Media: Photographic print
Exhibit
Jameson & Wotton Wharf, Friendship
Since 1897, the Jameson & Wotton Wharf in Friendship has been an important addition to the community on Muscongus Bay. The wharf, which is accessible at all tides, was a steamboat stop for many years, as well as important to the lobster business.
Exhibit
A Town Is Born: South Bristol, 1915
After being part of the town of Bristol for nearly 150 years, residents of South Bristol determined that their interests would be better served by becoming a separate town and they broke away from the large community of Bristol.
Site Page
Swan's Island: Six miles east of ordinary - III. Boom, bustle, bust: The Steamboat Years to WWII
"Ruth says of the steamboat schedule, “Life did revolve around it. And the storekeepers and the fishing community and the church…it was a close-knit…"
Site Page
Mount Desert Island: Shaped by Nature - Arriving in Bar Harbor
"Arriving in Bar Harbor Bar Harbor steamboat landing, ca. 1885Maine Historic Preservation Commission Arriving at the Bar Harbor wharf…"
