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Historic American Buildings Survey Gerda Peterich, Photographer September 1962 HOIST WHEEL IN NORTH ATTIC - Union Wharf Building (19-22), Commercial Street, opposite foot of Union Street, Portland, Cumberland County, ME
Title
Historic American Buildings Survey Gerda Peterich, Photographer September 1962 HOIST WHEEL IN NORTH ATTIC - Union Wharf Building (19-22), Commercial Street, opposite foot of Union Street, Portland, Cumberland County, ME
Description
W.H. Shurtleff Salt Company; Peterich, Gerda; Green, Samuel M; Kingsbury, Martha; Reeves, F Blair; Peacock, Thomas E; Braun, Wolfgang G; DeSilets, Robert L
Depicted place Maine; Cumberland County; Portland
Date Documentation compiled after 1933
Dimensions 5 x 7 in.
Current location
Library of Congress Prints and Photographs Division Washington, D.C. 20540 USA http://hdl.loc.gov/loc.pnp/pp.print
Accession number
HABS ME,3-PORT,10-3
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This file comes from the Historic American Buildings Survey (HABS), Historic American Engineering Record (HAER) or Historic American Landscapes Survey (HALS). These are programs of the National Park Service established for the purpose of documenting historic places. Records consist of measured drawings, archival photographs, and written reports.

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  • Significance: Union Wharf, probably the oldest commercial wharf in Portland, has a wharf street with flanking building complexes. Building (19-22), part of east group, is composed of what were originally four warehouses leased from the proprietors for rum and molasses storage. Construction details and wooden hoist machinery are of particular interest.
  • Unprocessed Field note material exists for this structure: FN-54
  • Survey number: HABS ME-114
  • Building/structure dates: ca. 1794- ca. 1806 Initial Construction
Source https://www.loc.gov/pictures/item/me0031.photos.087790p
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