On May 31st, 1890, Bath Iron Works delivered its first hull, Cottage City, to the Maine Steamship Co. It was 232 feet long, 40 feet wide with a draft of just over 16 feet and was powered by a triple expansion steam engine capable of producing 1,400 horsepower. Cottage City hauled passengers and freight between Portland and New York City for seven years before being sold to a company serving the Pacific Northwest. The ship was lost in a storm off British Columbia in 1911.
