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ANTIQUE GLASS ADVERTISING PAPERWEIGHT with PICTURE of the STEAMER PENNESSEEWASSEE BOAT LANDING AT WHARF NORWAY MAINE Dimensions ~ 4" Length x 2 1/2" Width x 3/4" Depth This picture was taken in the late 1890's or early 1900's when this Side-Wheel Steam-Powered Boat called the Pennesseewassee was in operation. It operated on Norway Lake in Norway, Maine ferrying passengers, groceries and supplies for about 25 years beginning in the 1890's. The craft was designed and entirely hand-built by her captain and owner, Ed Ames, who captained the boat until his death in 1902. Others operated the Pennesseewassee before she was abandoned on the shore of the lake and ultimately sold and dismantled. A unique paperweight from a bygone era.