Keywords: Steamship Portland
Item 60527
Governor Dingley steamship, Lubec, ca. 1920, ca. 1920
Contributed by: Lubec Historical Society Date: circa 1920 Location: Lubec Media: Postcard
Item 80427
Contributed by: Friendship Museum Date: circa 1925 Location: Friendship Media: Photographic print
Item 37302
144 Commercial Street, Portland, 1924
Owner in 1924: Clinton W. Davis Agent Use: Shop - Junk
Item 37314
180 Commercial Street, Portland, 1924
Owner in 1924: Pocahantas Fuel Company, Inc. Use: Store
Item 111551
House for Charles M. Hays on Cushing Island, Portland, 1909
Contributed by: Maine Historical Society Date: 1909 Location: Portland Client: Charles Melville Hays Architect: John Calvin Stevens
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.
Exhibit
From Sewers to Skylines: William S. Edwards's 1887 Photo Album
William S. Edwards (1830-1918) was a civil engineer who worked for the City of Portland from 1876-1906. Serving as First Assistant to Chief Engineer William A. Goodwin, then to Commissioner George N. Fernald, Edwards was a fixture in City Hall for 30 consecutive years, proving indispensable throughout the terms of 15 Mayors of Portland, including all six of those held by James Phineas Baxter. Edwards made significant contributions to Portland, was an outstanding mapmaker and planner, and his works continue to benefit historians.
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"Photo donated by Edith Comstock.Lubec Memorial Library In the 1890s, as the era of sail was waning, steamships regularly carried passengers and…"
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Historic Hallowell - Seaport on the Kennebec
"Seaport on the Kennebec Eastern Steamship Company Wharf, Kennebec River, Hallowell, ca. 1890Hubbard Free Library In A Maritime History of Bath…"
