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Photo of the Steamer "Lewiston"
Bar Harbor Historical Society
  • Image, Photograph, Black-and-White Photograph
  • Vessels, Boat
  • 1868 c.
  • Bar Harbor
  • Copyright Undetermined
Photo of the Steamer "Lewiston"
Bar Harbor Historical Society
Identifier:
  • bhhs-248
Type:
  • Image, Photograph, Black-and-White Photograph
Subject:
  • Vessels, Boat
Date:
  • 1868 c.
Place:
  • Bar Harbor
Description:
Black and white image of the steamer paddle wheel boat "Lewiston" docked at Bar Harbor wharf. The Lewiston was the first passenger boat to make regular trips to Bar Harbor's wharf.
U.S. Revenue Cutter, Levi Woodbury - Between 1864 and 1900
Southwest Harbor Public Library
  • Image, Photograph
  • Vessels, Boat
  • 1864 c.
  • Copyright Not Evaluated
U.S. Revenue Cutter, Levi Woodbury - Between 1864 and 1900
Southwest Harbor Public Library
Identifier:
  • swhpl-12494
Type:
  • Image, Photograph
Subject:
  • Vessels, Boat
Date:
  • 1864 c.
Description:
Vessel Name – Mahoning – renamed Levi Woodbury “Woodbury” April 1898 – renamed Laksco after 1915 Class – Topsail Schooner / Steamer – Pawtuxet-class tender Hull – wood – oak, locust and white oak w. iron diagonal bracing Masts - 2 Rig – topsail schooner Build date – 1863 Commissioned – July 18, 1864 Built by – J.W. Lynn & Sons Built at – Philadelphia, Pennsylvania Built for – U.S. Revenue Service Named for – Mahoning creek and valley, Pennsylvania – 1898 for Levi Woodbury (1789-1851), U.S. Senator, Secretary of the Navy, Supreme Court Justice Power – steam engine with 2 oscillating cylinders; single 8’ screw Displacement – 350 tons Length – 138’ Beam – 26’6” Draft – 11’ Crew – 7 officers, 34 enlisted Armament – 1 x 30-pound Parrott rifle; 5 x 24-pound howitzers Number – Disposition – By 1913, Woodbury was not only the Coast Guard's oldest cutter, she was the oldest active-duty vessel in U.S. government service, as well as being the only ship to have seen active service in both the American Civil War and the Spanish-American War. Decommissioned by Coast Guard, July 19, 1915, Portland, Maine. Sold to Thomas Butler & Co., Boston, Massachusetts August 10, 1915. Woodbury's decommission ended 51 years with the Revenue Cutter Service, making her one of the longest serving cutters in the organization's history. After her final decommission in 1915, Levi Woodbury was placed into service as the merchant Laksco. She disappears from shipping records in 1932. [show more]