Steamboat Landing / L'embarquement des bateaux à vapeur

Steamboat Landing / L'embarquement des bateaux à vapeur (HM23K8)

Location: Augusta, ME 04330 Kennebec County
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N 44° 18.874', W 69° 46.416'

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Steamboats debuted on the Kennebec in 1818. By 1823, the Kennebec Steam Navigation Company operated the Waterville between Bath and Augusta. A nationwide economic decline later forced them out of business, but the organization of the Kennebec & Boston Steam Navigation Company in 1835-36 revived service. Profitable Kennebec River trade brought several of Commodore Cornelius Vanderbilt's vessels to the area in 1838 to race the Huntress, the fastest Kennebec boat. (Vanderbilt lost!) Despite a slump following the Civil War, steamboats like the City of Augusta continued to play a vital role in commerce, transportation, and recreation on the Kennebec River corridor into the 20th century. The advent of automobiles and trucks in the 1930s brought the steamboat era to an end.
Les premiers bateaux à vapeur firent leur apparition sur le fleuve Kennebec en 1818. En 1823, la Kennebec Steam Navigation Company naviguait avec le Waterville entre Bath et Augusta. Un déclin national de l'économie les mena plus tard à la faillite, mais la création de la Kennebec & Boston Steam Navigation Company en 1835-36 rétablit le transport fluvial. La rentabilité du commerce sur le fleuve Kennebec amena de nombreux vaisseaux du Commodore Cornelius Vanderbilt dans le région pour concourir contre Huntress
(la chasseresse), le navire le plus rapide du Kennebec. (Vanderbilt perdit !) Malgré la crise qui suivit la Guerre de Sécession, les bateaux à vapeur comme le City of Augusta continuèrent à jouer un rôle primordial dans le commerce, les transports et le tourisme le long du fleuve Kennebec jusqu'au vingtième siècle. L'arrivée de l'automobile et des camions dans les années 1930 mit fin à l'ère des bateaux à vapeur.
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· Postcard, c. 1900
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HM NumberHM23K8
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Placed ByAugusta Historic Preservation Commission, Kennebec Savings Bank, and the Maine Community Foundation
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Date Added Thursday, December 7th, 2017 at 7:01pm PST -08:00
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UTM (WGS84 Datum)19T E 438305 N 4907103
Decimal Degrees44.31456667, -69.77360000
Degrees and Decimal MinutesN 44° 18.874', W 69° 46.416'
Degrees, Minutes and Seconds44° 18' 52.4400" N, 69° 46' 24.9600" W
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Area Code(s)207
Which side of the road?Marker is on the right when traveling North
Closest Postal AddressAt or near Front St, Augusta ME 04330, US
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