Wharf and Steamer from Bay View St

Wharf and Steamer from Bay View St

View of the Boston & Bangor Steamship Company's Wharf at the foot of Commercial Street in Belfast from Bay View Street with a steamer tied up alongside. EARLY HISTORY In June, 1856, the new steamboat wharf which had been built by Captain James Miller, and which has since been purchased and enlarged by the Sanford owners, was first used for their steamers. In 1867, during this season, the "Sanford" owners purchased Miller's Wharf, which they enlarged, and added passenger and freight depots. In 1882 the name of the Sanford Steamship Company was changed to the Boston and Bangor Steamship Company. In 1888 an outlay of $10,000 was made on steamboat wharf and buildings. The wharf is 460 feet in length, and 165' wide across the outer end. Note: At first there was Simpson's wharf, closer to town. It burned in the 1873 fire and was closed to public use in 1880. This left Millers/Sanford's/Boston and Bangor wharf as the only steamboat connection. The Eastern Steamship Company was founded in 1901 by the Wall Street financier C. W. Morse by consolidating six small New England coastwise lines. The Eastern Steamship Lines wharf was located at the foot of Commercial Street and accommodated the various steam ships which serviced coastal Maine and Boston, Massachusetts.