John Parson, Ken Parson and Will Dodge Stacked Up on the Ladder of the Coastal Steamer JT MORSE

John Parson, Ken Parson and Will Dodge Stacked Up on the Ladder of the Coastal Steamer JT MORSE

John Parson, Ken Parson and Will Dodge, in their Knickerbocker suits and newsboy caps, stacked up on the ladder of the coastal steamer JT MORSE *. The MORSE was launched just two years earlier in 1903 by William McKie in East Boston, Massachusetts for the Eastern Steamship Corp. She ran the Rockland to Bar Harbor route until 1933. That's Will Dodge at the top and John Parson at the bottom which leaves Ken Parson in the middle - Tim Parson 2024As the J. T. MORSE ran from Rockland to Bar harbor with many stops on the route, it is likely the boys joined the MORSE when she stopped in Brookllin, Maine (Haven Colony).* The J. T. MORSE, which is to replace the old Mt. DESERT, is a side-wheel steamer 214 feet long, a 30 foot beam, and a 12 foot depth of hold and a gross tonnage of 650. Her engine is of the simple vertical beam surface condensing type, having a cylinder 51 inches in diameter with a nine foot stroke. The paddle wheels are of the feathering type, 28 feet in diameter outside of the buckets, with an 8 foot 9 inch face. There are 10 buckets in each wheel. She has two lobster back return tubular boilers of marine steel and tested for 58 pounds working pressure.