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Still Image		Boat fabrication, Portland Company, 1921 Maine Historical Society, Still Image Outside the Portland Company we see that the 80-foot boat being fabricated of iron is nearly completed. It was built in 1921 for the Great Northern Paper & Pulp Company. --Fletcher, David H. "The Portland Company 1846-1982." Charleston, S.C.: Arcadia Pub., 2002. 74. (Relevance: 403) Find Similar Resources	Boat & ship industry -- Maine -- Portland Great Northern Paper & Pulp Company Iron & steel workers -- Maine -- Portland Manufacturing industry -- Maine -- Portland Metalworking industry -- Maine -- Portland Portland Company (Me.) -- Manufactures Shipbuilding -- Maine

Still Image		Lighthouse, Portland breakwater, 1875 Maine Historical Society, Still Image The Portland Company foundry created metal parts for lighthouses, as well as many other things. The stairways and metal flooring that held the heavy lights were made at the Portland Company in Portland, Maine. The Portland Company began its work in 1846 building locomotives. The steel working process led the company into fashioning engines and metal parts for many industries: shipping, transportation, paper, power, and ordnance. (Relevance: 403) Find Similar Resources	Lighthouses -- Maine -- Portland -- Photographs Portland Company (Me.) Steel industry -- Maine -- Portland

Still Image		Bow of 80 ft. boat in Portland Co. shop. Maine Historical Society, Still Image Here in the Portland Company erecting shop we see the bow section of an 80-foot boat being fabricated of iron in January 1921 for the Great Northern Paper & Pulp Co. The boat, with a broad rounded bow, was presumably for moving logs around in the waterways. (Relevance: 402) Find Similar Resources	Boatbuilding -- Maine -- Portland Great Northern Paper & Pulp Co. Iron and steel industries -- Maine -- Portland Manufacturing industries -- Maine -- Portland Metalworking Industries -- Maine -- Portland Paper industry Papermaking industry Portland Company (Portland, Me.) -- Interiors Shipbuilding Ships, Iron and steel

Still Image		Map of route from Fort Pownal to Quebec by river, 1764 Maine State Archives, Still Image Map of route from Fort Pownal to Quebec by river with carrying places, and Indian place names. 1764. (Relevance: 390) Find Similar Resources	Exploration and discovery Forts Geography: transportation, waterways, maritime, shipbuilding, fishing Indian Place Names Indians -- history 18th century, European impact Inland navigation Rivers Waterways

Text		Report on the French and Indians, August 14, 1708 Maine Historical Society, Text Col. Philip Livingstone presented this report at a meeting of the commanders for the management of Indian Affairs in Albany, NY on August 14, 1708. (Relevance: 386) Find Similar Resources	Indians of North America -- New England -- History -- 18th century Jesuits -- History -- 18th century Livingston, Peter Manuscripts Native Americans Queen Anne's War, 1702-1713 Schuylor

Map		Detail from a Map of Portland Harbour and islands Maine Historical Society, Map The full title of this 1825 map is 'Map of Portland Harbour and islands, and harbours adjacent, extending from the river Kennebec to Wood Island and Winter Harbour, drawn from the survey of Des Barres with additions and corrections. Scale: 1:63360, one inch to the mile. (Relevance: 369) Find Similar Resources	Casco Bay (Me.) -- Maps Manuscripts Moody. Lemuel, 1767-1845 Nautical charts -- Maine -- Portland Harbor Portland (Me.) -- Maps

Map		A plan of Kennebec & Sagadahok Rivers with the adjacent coasts...1755 Maine Historical Society, Map A plan of Kennebek & Sagadahok Rivers, with the adjacent coasts: taken from actual surveys and dedicated to his Excellency William Shirley, Esq. Governor of Massachusetts Bay Prov: in New England by Thomas Johnston, 1754 to which is added a draught of the River LaChaudiere by a French Deserter the same year. Map 56-2-2 from the Plymouth Company's papers. This map is considered the 3rd of the Johnston Maps, London 1755. (Relevance: 362) Find Similar Resources	Androscoggin River (N.H. and Me.) -- Maps -- Early works to 1800 Chaudiere River (Quebec) -- Maps -- Early works to 1800 Fort Frederick (Me.) Fort Halifax (Me.) Fort Western (Augusta, Me.) Frankfort (Me.) Kennebec patent Kennebec River (Me.) -- Maps -- Early works to 1800 Land grants -- Maine Maine -- History -- Colonial period, ca. 1600-1775 -- Maps -- Early works to 1800 Plymouth Company (1749-1816) -- Records and correspondence -- Maps -- Early works to 1800 Sagadahok River (Me.) -- Maps -- Early works to 1800 History - Colonial Period

Still Image		Fishing Trawler Sea Bird, Portland Company, 1919 Maine Historical Society, Still Image The nearly completed fishing trawler Sea Bird is still on the ways in the South Portland yard in 1919. She will be launched shortly after a few last-minute adjustments are finished. The 163-foot trawler weighed 383 gross tons and was built for the East Coast Fisheries Company of Portland, Maine. Fletcher, David H. "The Portland Company 1846-1982." Charleston, S.C.: Arcadia Pub., 2002. p. 59. (Relevance: 353) Find Similar Resources	Fishing boats -- Maine Manufacturing industry -- Maine -- Portland Portland Company (Me.) -- Manufactures Sea Bird (Ship) -- Photographs Shipbuilding -- Maine -- South Portland Shipfitting Trawlers (Vessels)

Still Image		108 mm shell casing manufacture at the Portland Company Maine Historical Society, Still Image During World War I the Portland Company manufactured 108 mm shell casings for the United States Army. (Relevance: 351) Find Similar Resources	Ordnance industry -- Maine -- Portland Portland Company (Me.) -- Photographs Steel industry -- Maine -- Portland World War, 1914-1918 -- War work -- Maine -- Portland -- Photographs

Still Image		Portland, 1865 Maine Historical Society, Still Image This lithograph shows Portland, Maine, as it appeared in 1865 along the waterfront with a ship under construction and others sailing about. (Relevance: 350) Find Similar Resources	Portland (Me.) -- Description and views -- Lithographs Sailing ships -- Maine -- Portland Shipbuilding -- Maine -- Portland

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