Postcard a: Bear Island Light Postcard b: Maine Central Steamer NORUMBEGA Postcard c: Steamer SAPPHO at Bar Harbor Postcard d: Bar Harbor, Steamer SIEUR DE MONTS
Description: Postcard a: Bear Island Light Postcard b: Maine Central Steamer NORUMBEGA Postcard c: Steamer SAPPHO at Bar Harbor Postcard d: Bar Harbor, Steamer SIEUR DE MONTS
The last large side-wheeler steamer used in New England for both passenger and freight service was the 214-foot J. T. Morse, built in 1903-04 in East Boston for the Eastern Steamship Company. Powered by a 600-horsepower, single-beam engine, it traveled the Rockland, Maine to Bar Harbor run from April to October or November each year. The ship was named for James Thomas Morse of the well-known maritime (shipping and towing) family from Bath, Maine. (Text from visitacadia.com)
Description: The last large side-wheeler steamer used in New England for both passenger and freight service was the 214-foot J. T. Morse, built in 1903-04 in East Boston for the Eastern Steamship Company. Powered by a 600-horsepower, single-beam engine, it traveled the Rockland, Maine to Bar Harbor run from April to October or November each year. The ship was named for James Thomas Morse of the well-known maritime (shipping and towing) family from Bath, Maine. (Text from visitacadia.com) [show more]
Eastern Steamship Lines steamer on Rockland to Bar Harbor run through 1920's. Her hull now rests in the Hackensack River. Collected for "Mt. Desert: an Informal History"
Description: Eastern Steamship Lines steamer on Rockland to Bar Harbor run through 1920's. Her hull now rests in the Hackensack River. Collected for "Mt. Desert: an Informal History"
B/W, 10.5x3.5", Photograph looking across harbor with Manset dock in lower right and Southwest Harbor center left. Greening Island is center right. Steamboat "Mount Desert" is at Manset dock.
Description: B/W, 10.5x3.5", Photograph looking across harbor with Manset dock in lower right and Southwest Harbor center left. Greening Island is center right. Steamboat "Mount Desert" is at Manset dock.
Sepia photograph overlooking Gilpatrick Cove and the Vaughan House on Smallidge Point. From the carpenter shop (boat house?) at lower right, the walkway extends to the fleet dock and to the point. The steamer "MORSE" is in center. Digital image from Jeff Dobbs Productions.
Description: Sepia photograph overlooking Gilpatrick Cove and the Vaughan House on Smallidge Point. From the carpenter shop (boat house?) at lower right, the walkway extends to the fleet dock and to the point. The steamer "MORSE" is in center. Digital image from Jeff Dobbs Productions.