From collection Eastern Illustrating & Publishing Company Collection
LB2010.8.70015
"Mazurka" Sailing Ship, Steamer, Wharf View of Camden Harbor from the business district waterfront. The two-masted schooner "Mazurka" was built in Belfast in 1852 by Daniel Lane who was, at the time, the sole owner. It operated until circa 1900. Specifications: 92 tons 76.0 foot length 21.3 foot beam 6.6 foot draught Billet head, square stern Owners: Daniel Lane '52, J. Kimball et al '62 (Lloyd's), Flowers et al '66, Daniel Lane et al '73 - '77 (Lloyd's) G. E. Carlton et al '96 The steamer appears to be the Stockton (also known as the M&M). The Stockton was built in Thomaston in 1886 and was stripped in Rockland in 1905. She is 81.5 feet in length, draws 5.6 feet of water and has a gross tonnage of 98. Her route was Penobscot Bay. The old Eastern Steamship Wharf at the end of Sea Street, with its distinctive turrrets, can be seen on the eastern side of the harbor with one of "Boston Boats" tied up along side. This terminal for the "Boston Boats" was built in 1891 with an addition in 1898. The wharf was totally destroyed by fire Aug. 1, 1924 and a new one was rebuilt that fall and winter. Completion was early in 1925. The first one was fancy with turrets and the second quite plain. The large building sat on many pilings, dredged deep into the bottom of the harbor. As steamboats had gone out, and trucks were coming in, the wharf was empty when the Camden Shipbuilding & Marine Railways Co. started up to build for the World War II shipbuilding effort. The shipyard, with a schooner under construction behind and to the left of the steamship wharf is the Holly M. Bean Yard where the first six masted schooner in the world, George W. Wells, was built and launched on August 14,1900. Holly Bean and his son, Robert, were the high point of shipbuilding in Camden. They built: 1 brig 2 barks 1 two masted schooner 17 threee masted schooners 20 four masted schooners 12 five masted schooners 1 six masted schooner Mr. Bean built a total of 71 ships in his lifetime making him one of the best known shipbuilders on the Atlantic coast
