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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.

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Blacksmith shops -- Maine -- Portland
Metalworking industries
Portland Company (Portland, Me.) -- Employees -- Photographs
Railroad equipment industries
Shipbuilding
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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.

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Metalworking industries
Portland Company (Portland, Me.) -- Employees -- Photographs
Railroad equipment industries
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Transportation equipment industries

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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.

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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

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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.

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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

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Setting Up Shop employees, Portland, 1887
Maine Historical Society, Still Image

Setting Up Shop employees at the Portland Company in Portland, August 1887. The Portland Company fabricated steel for locomotives, lighthouses, marine engines, etc.

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Manufacturing industries -- Maine -- Portland
Portland Company (Portland, Me.) -- Employees -- Photographs
Railroad equipment industries -- Maine -- Portland
Shipbuilding -- Maine -- Portland
Shipfitting -- Maine -- Portland
Transportation equipment industries

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Trails, Rails, and Roads
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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.

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Transportation
Railroads

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Petition from Town of Pittston
Fogler Special Collections, Text

Petition from the town of Pittston to the Commonwealth of Massachusetts, on the subject of statehood for the District of Maine.

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Settlements
Statehood Maine
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Power Lines
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Hydroelectric power plants
Rivers
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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.

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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

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Menhaden steamer the Macomber
Maine Historical Society, Still Image

Menhaden steamer B.F. the Macomber, fitted with Portland Company equipment, about 1900.

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Fishing boats -- Maine
Macomber (Ship) -- Photographs
Manufacturing industries -- Maine -- Portland
Metalworking industries -- Maine -- Portland
Portland Company
Shipfitting -- Maine -- Portland
Ships -- Maine

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