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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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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
Shipfitting
Transportation equipment industries

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List of Gilbertville Steam Lumber Mill property, 1906
Maine Historical Society, Text

The inventory of property in the defunct Gilbertville Steam Lumber Mill was prepared for the Portland & Rumford Falls Railway. The value of equipment on the first floor was $3,405.00 in 1906.

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Gilbertville Steam Lumber Co. (Me.) -- Inventories
Mills -- Maine
Portland & Rumford Falls Railway Company

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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
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.

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Transportation
Railroads

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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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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.

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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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Climate Change: In Our Backyard
MPBN: Quest Series, Moving Image, 0:56:45

Using close-to-home examples, the views of leading scientists come alive as they show how climate change can affect almost every aspect of our lives - and in turn, how we affect the climate.

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Climatic changes
Ecology/Energy

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The steamer Ripogenus, ca. 1917
Maine Historical Society, Still Image

The hull of the steamer Ripogenus is nearly complete as we see it on the ways at the shipyard of the Francis Cobb Shipbuilding Company in Rockland, Maine. After launching, she will be towed to the Portland Company pier for outfitting with the necessary machinery. --Fletcher, David H. "The Portland Company 1846-1982." Charleston, S.C.: Arcadia Pub., 2002. p. 48.

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Francis Cobb Shipbuilding Company (Rockland, Me.)
Manufacturing industry -- Maine -- Portland
Portland Company (Me.) -- Manufactures
Ripogenus (Ship) -- Photographs
Shipbuilding industry -- Maine -- Rockland

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Erecting shop, Portland Company, ca. 1890
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Interior view of the erecting shop at the Portland Company in Portland, Maine, ca. 1890.

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Metalworking industries
Portland Company (Portland, Me.) -- Interiors -- Photograps
Railroad equipment industries
Shipbuilding
Shipfitting
Transporation equipment industries

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