'Gov. Muskie' Motor Ferry

Date1959

AbstractDedication ceremonies honoring the ferry's maiden voyage from Islesboro to Lincolnville. Interviews with Maine Port Authority's General Manager Edward Langlord, Authority President John Toft; Captain Edward J. Costello, the vice-president of the Wiley Industry Co.,Gov. Muskie ferry captain S. S. Hinkley; the ribbon cutting is by Edmund Muskie's daughter, Ellen Muskie; Edmund Muskie is U.S. Senator at this time; there are other speeches; the new ferry is called the Gov. Muskie; the retiring ferry is called the Gov. Brann; a history of the geographic area is provided; a heavy fog shrouds the shore and so it is hard to see the surrounding landscape referenced in the speeches;