The Museum in the Streets
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.HM Number | HM23K8 |
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Placed By | Augusta Historic Preservation Commission, Kennebec Savings Bank, and the Maine Community Foundation |
Marker Condition | No reports yet |
Date Added | Thursday, December 7th, 2017 at 7:01pm PST -08:00 |
UTM (WGS84 Datum) | 19T E 438305 N 4907103 |
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Decimal Degrees | 44.31456667, -69.77360000 |
Degrees and Decimal Minutes | N 44° 18.874', W 69° 46.416' |
Degrees, Minutes and Seconds | 44° 18' 52.4400" N, 69° 46' 24.9600" W |
Driving Directions | Google Maps |
Area Code(s) | 207 |
Which side of the road? | Marker is on the right when traveling North |
Closest Postal Address | At or near Front St, Augusta ME 04330, US |
Alternative Maps | Google Maps, MapQuest, Bing Maps, Yahoo Maps, MSR Maps, OpenCycleMap, MyTopo Maps, OpenStreetMap |
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