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The Katahdin is a historic steamboat berthed on Moosehead Lake in Greenville, Maine. Built in 1914 at the Bath Iron Works, it at first served the tourist trade on the lake before being converted to a towboat hauling lumber. It was fully restored in the 1990s by the nonprofit Moosehead Maritime Museum, and is again giving tours on the lake.
It is believed to be the last intact shipyard in the United States that built wooden sailing ships, [53] with a former blacksmith shop at the site reconstructed with a contemporary design. [ 54 ] An outdoor sculpture at the Percy & Small Shipyard museum provides a visual of the scale of Wyoming , with minimalist steel shapes for the bow and ...
The Port of Portland is a seaport located in Portland, Maine. It is the second-largest [3] tonnage seaport in New England as well as one of the largest oil ports on the East Coast (the second-largest prior to 2016 [4]). It is the primary American port of call for Icelandic shipping company Eimskip. [5]
The Casco Bay Mailboat is a sailing vessel, run by Casco Bay Lines, which delivers mail and other items to the residents of the islands of Casco Bay in Maine, United States. It is the longest-running mailboat service in the country, having been in existence since the 1870s. Up until the 1950s, the boat was coal-powered; now it runs on a diesel ...
Maine Maritime Museum, formerly the Bath Marine Museum, offers some exhibits about Maine's maritime heritage, culture and the role Maine has played in regional and global maritime activities. [ 1 ] [ 2 ] Maine Maritime Museum has a large and diverse collection, made up of millions of documents, artifacts and pieces of artwork and includes an ...
Mercantile is a two-masted schooner berthed in Camden Harbor, Camden, Maine.Built in the 1914-16 on Little Deer Isle, Maine, she is one of a small number of such vessels still afloat from a time when they were one of the most common cargo vessels of the coasting trade.
Bagheera, formerly Beacon Rock, is a historic schooner normally berthed at the Maine State Pier in Portland, Maine.She is a two-masted auxiliary rigged schooner, built in 1924 by the noted naval architect John G. Alden, and is noted for her racing success on the Great Lakes.
Yarmouth Marina is a natural harbor and estuary of Casco Bay, and is located adjacent to the town of Yarmouth, Maine, United States.It is situated on the Royal River, around 0.5 miles (0.80 km) southeast of the town center, in an area known as Lower Falls.