Bar Harbor in Hancock County, Maine — The American Northeast (New England)
Arrival By Sea
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Vocation Maritime
Bar Harbor, Maine
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Photographed by Sandra Hughes Tidwell, October 17, 2024
1. Arrival By Sea / Vocation Maritime Marker
The sea was the original "Highway" for many coming to Bar Harbor, the steamboats and Navy ships celebrating the Fourth of July. In 1925, the dirigible Shenandoah made a stop in Bar Harbor. It was 680 feet long and weighed 36 tons. That September 3, it was ripped apart during a violent thunderstorm in Caldwell, Ohio killing 14 of the 43 aboard.
In the early dawn of August 4, 1914, as World War I reached explosive heights in Europe, the German ship Kronprinzessin Cecilie (Crown Prince Cecilie) was ordered to seek safe haven and slipped into the harbor piloted by a passenger... Clinton Ledyard Blair, Bar Harbor summer resident and sailor! She was headed back to Europe carrying 1,892 passengers $25 million in gold and $3.6 million in silver bars. The ship was eventually commandeered by the U.S. Government and refitted for wartime as the Mount Vernon and the gold returned to the bank in New York. Today Bar Harbor is the busiest cruise ship port in the state welcoming over 100,000 passengers a season.
La mer joue un role capital pour desservir Bar Harbor en bateau à vapeur ou pour les navires de la marine qui fêtent le 4
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Le 4 août 1914, pendant la première guerre mondiale, le navire allemand Kronprinzessin Cecilie, qui regagne l'Europe avec 1892 passagers à bord et 25 millions de dollars en or et 3.6 millions en argent, reçoit l'ordre de se réfugier dans le port. C'est un passager, Clinton Ledyard Blair, un estivant de Bar Harbor féru de navigation, qui dirige le navire! Le gouvernement américain finit par réquisitionner et équiper le navire de guerre qui devient le Mount Vernon tandis que l'or est rapatrié à New York. Aujourd'hui le port de Bar Harbor accueille plus de 100.000 passagers de croisière par saison touristique.
Erected by The Museum in the Streets. (Marker Number 26.)
Topics and series. This historical marker is listed in these topic lists: Disasters • War, World I • Waterways & Vessels. In addition, it is included in the The Museum in the Streets: Bar Harbor, Maine series list. A significant historical date for this entry is August 4, 1914.
Location. 44° 23.443′ N,
Photographed by Darren Jefferson Clay, October 16, 2024
2. Arrival By Sea / Vocation Maritime Marker
Regionally, this marker is on Mount Desert Island and in Downeast Maine. It is also in the American Northeast and in New England. Globally, it is in the North Atlantic Region, North America, the Great North Woods, the Western Hemisphere, the Western World, and the Anglosphere. Historically, it finds itself in what was once the Viceroyalty of New France and also Acadia.
Other nearby markers. At least 8 other markers are within walking distance of this marker: Bar Harbor Inn Gazebo (here, next to this marker); Bar Harbor Soldiers Monument (a few steps from this marker); The Shorepath / Le Sentier Côtier (within shouting distance of this marker); Agamont Park and Early Artists / Le parc Agamont et les artistes (about 300 feet away, measured in a direct line); Village Center Tours (about 400 feet away); The Waterfront / La Front de Mer (about 500 feet away); The Reading Room at the Bar Harbor Inn / La Salle De lecture A` L'Auberge De Bar Harbor (about 600 feet away); Criterion Theatre / Le Théâtre Criterion (about 800 feet away). Touch for a list and map of all markers in Bar Harbor.
Also see . . .
1. USS Shenandoah (ZR-1) (Wikipedia). (Submitted on October 31, 2024, by Sandra Hughes Tidwell of Killen, Alabama, USA.)
2. SS Kronprinzessin Cecilie (1906) (Wikipedia). (Submitted on November 6, 2024, by Michael Herrick of Southbury, Connecticut.)
Credits. This page was last revised on November 23, 2024. It was originally submitted on October 31, 2024, by Sandra Hughes Tidwell of Killen, Alabama, USA. This page has been viewed 144 times since then and 21 times this year. Photos: 1. submitted on October 31, 2024, by Sandra Hughes Tidwell of Killen, Alabama, USA. 2. submitted on November 10, 2024, by Darren Jefferson Clay of Duluth, Georgia. • Michael Herrick was the editor who published this page.
