Item 8025 - Marine boiler, Bay State side-wheeler, Portland, ca. 1895

Item 8025 - Marine boiler, Bay State side-wheeler, Portland, ca. 1895
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Item 8025
Marine boiler, Bay State side-wheeler, Portland, ca. 1895
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A 40-ton Scotch-type marine boiler is being lowered into the boiler room of the passenger side-wheeler Bay State by an A-frame derrick.

The boiler was one of two in the ship. The Portland company built and installed the boilers and other equipment, such as the engine and various fittings.

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