Down Easter Clarissa B. Carver

The Down Easter Clarissa B. Carver was built in Searsport, Maine in 1876 by George Carver. Here she is shown at the wharf in San Francisco, probably loading grain. The boiler on wheels on the wharf is used to power a steam winch which, used with the ship's yards and rigging, hoists grain sacks into the ship's hold.

The Clarissa B. Carver was sunk off Japan after a collision with a British Steamer, on June 7, 1885. Penobscot Marine Museum has the papers and documents that tell the story of this wreck and its aftermath. Many of them are pictured on this website.