From collection Eastern Illustrating & Publishing Company Collection
LB2007.1.70184
Belfast Band, May 1909, 303 On deck of SS BELFAST while alongside of the Eastern Steamship Wharf in Belfast, ME. May18,1909, a crowd of 2000 people gathered at the bunting-draped1888 Eastern Steamship Company wharf in Belfast to await the arrival and christening of the new steamship Belfast, which had been built at the Bath Iron Works. The 320-foot-long steamer, the largest and most modern of the night boats to Boston, had a steel hull, triple steam turbine engines, and three propellers, which enhanced maneuverability.
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LB2007.1.70184
70184
1909
