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Still Image		Blacksmith shop employees, Portland Company, 1887 Maine Historical Society, Still Image The blacksmith shop employees at the Portland Company in Portland, Maine, August 1887. "The blacksmith shop employees were responsible for the forging and fabrication of various products built by the company."- Fletcher, David H. 'The Portland Company 1846-1982. Charleston, S.C. : Arcadia Pub., 2002. 20. (Relevance: 4763) Find Similar Resources	Blacksmith shops -- Maine -- Portland Metalworking industries Portland Company (Portland, Me.) -- Employees -- Photographs Railroad equipment industries Shipbuilding Shipfitting Transportation equipment industries

Still Image		Portland Company boiler shop employees, August 30, 1887 Maine Historical Society, Still Image Portland Company, Portland, Maine boiler shop employees, August 30, 1887. "The boiler shop employees were vital for the production of the 630 steam locomotive[s] and hundreds of marine and industrial boilers built by the Portland Company during the 19th century."- Fletcher, David H. 'The Portland Company 1846-1982. Charleston, S.C. : Arcadia Pub., 2002. 21. (Relevance: 4591) Find Similar Resources	Metalworking industries Portland Company (Portland, Me.) -- Employees -- Photographs Railroad equipment industries Shipbuilding Shipfitting Transportation equipment industries

Moving Image		Trails, Rails, and Roads MPBN: Home Series, Moving Image, 00:28:01 The story of transportation in Maine is the story of the state's ongoing challenge to keep its people connected both to economic markets and to each other. Whether it's Route 113 in western Maine, US Route 1 meandering up the coast, or the once plentiful rail routes that joined every corner of the state, Maine's communities have been formed by the patterns of transportation. (Relevance: 2966) Find Similar Resources	Transportation Railroads

Still Image		Marine boiler, Portland Company, ca. 1900 Maine Historical Society, Still Image This Scotch-type marine boiler has just crossed the grand Trunk Railroad main line as it travels on a dolly and rails from the Portland Company boiler shop to the company pier. The Portland Company maintained a right-of-way across the railroad's tracks to move equipment, materials, and employees to its pier, where the customers' vessels were equipped or repaired. - Fletcher, David H. ' The Portland Company 1846-1982.' Charleston, S.C. : Arcadia Pub., 2002. 73. (Relevance: 2514) Find Similar Resources	Boatbuilding Boilers Grand Trunk Railroad Iron and steel industries -- Maine -- Portland Manufacturing industries -- Maine -- Portland Metalworking industries -- Maine -- Portland Portland Company Railroad tracks -- Maine -- Portland Shipbuilding Shipfitting

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: 2178) 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: 1916) 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		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: 1768) 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		Erecting shop, Portland Company, ca. 1890 Maine Historical Society, Still Image Interior view of the erecting shop at the Portland Company in Portland, Maine, ca. 1890. (Relevance: 1648) Find Similar Resources	Metalworking industries Portland Company (Portland, Me.) -- Interiors -- Photograps Railroad equipment industries Shipbuilding Shipfitting Transporation equipment industries

Still Image		Tug on the ways, Portland, Maine ca. 1900 Maine Historical Society, Still Image Tugboat Cumberland out of water near Portland, Maine ca. 1900. This is part of the Portland Company collection including the years 1850-1920. The Portland Co. was an engineering firm and foundry in Portland, Maine. The collection includes engineering plans of locomotives, fire engines, marine engines, and other items manufactured by the company, photos, specification books, account books, printing plates and other memorabilia. (Relevance: 1553) Find Similar Resources	Cumberland (Tugboat) -- Photographs Portland Company (Portland, Me.) Ship Maintenance and repair Shipbuilding Ships -- Repair Tugboats -- 1900-1910 -- Maine -- Portland -- Photographs

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: 1351) 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)

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