Bar Harbor, Me. 490

Steamboat J. T.MORSE of the Eastern Steamship Co. alongside dock in Bar Harbor, Me. It was built in 1903-04 in East Boston for the Eastern Steamship Company. Powered by a 600-horsepower, single-beam engine, it traveled the Rockland, Maine to Bar Harbor run from April to October or November each year. Its side-wheel design was important in steadying the boat in shallow waters as the Morse made a dozen or so landings each day on her way up and down the coast, and ran among coastal ledges in often foggy conditions.