From collection J. E. Perkins Collection
CITY OF ROCKLAND Aground on Dix Island 2
Image of the Eastern Steamship Lines vessel CITY OF ROCKLAND aground on Dix Island in Phippsburg, Maine. Visible in image: A view from off CITY OF ROCKLAND's port bow showing that the grounding left nearly the whole forward half of the steamboat above water. Four people lean on the rail up in the bows, and a fifth stands at the open freight hatch. The ship's lifeboats are clustered in the water below that hatch, with between two and four crew marshalling them. All boats on the port side have been launched, and lines hang down from the davits. Canvas appears to have been rigged under the keel at the extreme bow, possibly to shield damage to the hull. CITY OF ROCKLAND was built in Massachusetts for the Eastern Steamship Company in 1901. This grounding, on September 2, 1923, ended a 22-year career marred by groundings, collisions, and sinking at her Boston pier. Declining passenger traffic inhibited a sale of the ship, so the hulk was stripped, towed to Misery Island off Beverly, Mass., and burned. Cataloger's note: This is a copy negative of a print of a photograph presumably by James E. Perkins. The identity of the copyist and the date at which the copy was made are not certain.
