LB2007.1.72054

LB2007.1.72054

Boston Boat at Bucksport, Maine In this view of the Bucksport waterfront one can see one of the "Boston Boats" Its overall appearance would suggest that it is either the S.S. Belfast or Camden. S. S. Belfast specifications (typical of both steamers): ROUTE: Boston - Bangor Line PORTS: Boston, Camden, Rockland, Belfast, Bucksport, Winterport, Bangor COMPANY: Eastern Steamship Lines, Inc. OTHER NAME: ARROW SISTER SHIP: CAMDEN LOCATION: Penobscot River BUILT: 1909 - Bath Iron Works, Bath, Maine HISTORY: Built for the Bangor Line. Used on the Boston - New York Line in World War 1. Returned to Bangor Line until forced to cease operations due to strict navigation laws requiring double bottoms on all passenger ships. She, and sister ship, CAMDEN had single bottoms. Last sailing to Bangor December 1935. Sold to Colonial Line in 1936 for operation from Providence to New York. Used as United States Army Transport in Hawaiian Islands during World War II. STATUS: While under tow from Puget Sound to Astoria in 1947, broke free, drifted on to beach at Astoria, Oregon. Total loss. To the left of the steamer can be seen the Blodgett Tanning Co. had its first mill, The Salmond Point Tannery on the site of where the Maine Seaboard Paper Co. was later constructed. George Blodgett purchased the site from Alfred Swazey in 1890. The first and smallest buildings had originally been used as a steel mill and had been sold to Swazey for ice storage but was never thus used. The tannery began operations as a sheepskin tannery in 1891. The tannery was sold to the Maine Seaboard Paper Co. in November 1929 and stopped operations in April 1930. Mr. Blodgett formed the Blodgett Tannery Co. in that month and moved the tannery operations to the Franklin Street Tannery. To the right of the steamer can be seen the Friend Brothers Canning Company.