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Wooden powerboat Bessie on cradle.
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Title
Wooden
powerboat
Bessie
on
cradle
.
Place
Stonington (Conn.)
Topic
Motorboats
Boats and boating
Boatyards
Topic-Person
Scheel, Henry A., 1911-
Topic-Organization, Vessel
Bessie (Motorboat)
Stonington Boat Works
Theme
Infrastructure
Lifestyle
Description
Bow
view
of a
wooden
powerboat
,
probably
the
Bessie
, on a
cradle
.
Visible
on the
bow
is1OR1292
".
Notes
Title
supplied
by
cataloger
.
Possibly
a
Henry
A.
Scheel-designed
boat
at
Stonington
Boat
Works
yard
.
Henry
A.
Scheel
was a
naval
architect
and
inventor
of the "
Scheel
keel
"
patented
in
1974
. He was a
longtime
Mason's
Island
resident
. From
1946
into the
1950's
, he
designed
boats
built
at
Stonington
Boat
Works
,
including
a
number
of
motor
sailers
.
Pencil
note
on
reverse
reads
: "
1st
Bessie
"; from
envelope
marked
"
STONINGTON
BOATS
"
Date created
[between
1946
and
1960]
Physical format
1
photograph
:
silver
print
;
10
x
8
in.
Digital format
image/jpeg
Identifier
Accession
number
:
1988.109.60
File
name
:
IMG0022-4761.PCD
Source
Mystic
Seaport
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use
or
reproduction
of this
image
are
available
from
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Seaport
.
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Wooden powerboat Bessie on cradle. 