Keywords: Steamer "Portland"
Item 12406
Fire, Brown's Wharf, Portland, 1903
Contributed by: Maine Historical Society Date: 1903 Location: Portland Media: Photographic print
Item 20295
Great Diamond Island, Portland, 1891
Contributed by: Maine Historical Society Date: 1891 Location: Portland Media: Photographic print
Exhibit
Since the establishment of the area's first licensed hotel in 1681, Portland has had a dramatic, grand and boisterous hotel tradition. The Portland hotel industry has in many ways reflected the growth and development of the city itself. As Portland grew with greater numbers of people moving through the city or calling it home, the hotel business expanded to fit the increasing demand.
Exhibit
The Irish on the Docks of Portland
Many of the dockworkers -- longshoremen -- in Portland were Irish or of Irish descent. The Irish language was spoken on the docks and Irish traditions followed, including that of giving nicknames to the workers, many of whose given names were similar.
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Historic Hallowell - Schooners, Steamers, Ships and Tankers
"Schooners, Steamers, Ships and Tankers Della Collins, Eastern Steamship Company Wharf, Kennebec River, Hallowell, ca."
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"… “In a thick fog the Eastern Steamboat Company’s steamer Cumberland and the United Fruit Company’s steamer Admiral Farragut were in collision off…"
