Title
The CADET, an excursion vessel belonging to the Casco Bay Island Steamboat Co. o
Date
1-1-2003
Volume Number
Volume 20
Pages
66-70
Abstract
The CADET, an excursion vessel belonging to the Casco Bay Island Steamboat Co. of Portland, was chartered by York native and MIT instructor Bertrand R. T. Collins to carry Massachusetts Institute of Technology students from Buffalo, N.Y., to the 1883 World's Columbian Exposition in Chicago and back to Boston. The group bought a small cannon to herald their progress along the way and docked at the Exposition pier for ten days. The 96-foot CADET might have been the largest vessel to pass through the Erie Canal up to that time. Collins' grandson, Eldon C. Mayer of Chebeague Island, owns Collins' typed account of the trip.
Subjects
Cadet (Excursion vessel), World's Columbian Exposition (1893 : Chicago, Ill), Collins, Bertrand R T, Mayer, Eldon C
Recommended Citation
Platt, David D., "The CADET, an excursion vessel belonging to the Casco Bay Island Steamboat Co. o" (2003). Maine News Index - Island Journal. 362.
https://digitalcommons.portlandlibrary.com/news_island/362
Source
Island Journal