From collection Charles Coombs Collection
Boston & Bangor Steamship Co. Wharf
In this photo stands the stylish Boston & Bangor Steamship Company building. There are several people milling about as well as several carriages and stagecoaches waiting for passengers to disembark or board a ship. The barrells and wooden boxes tossed over to the side of the building appear to be empty perhaps waiting to be refilled for shipping products elsewhere. 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. The wharf is 460 feet in length, and 165' wide across the outer end. 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.
