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Title	Schooner Blossom on the ways, marine railway in foreground.
Creator	Cyler, W. Kenneth.
Place	New London (Conn.)
Topic	Shipyards Schooners Sailing ships Ships -- Reconstruction Marine railways
Topic-Organization, Vessel	Blossom (Schooner)
Theme	Infrastructure Livelihood
Description	Head-on view of the three-masted schooner Blossom on the ways. Chains can be seen in the foreground running down the center of a marine railways toward the ways.
Notes	Title supplied by cataloger. Caption below printed in blue ink: "This is the Blossom up on the ways. The ways/ is a large platform which is pulled down into/ the water by means of the heavy chains. The/ boat is then pushed upon the warp and blocked/ up while still floating. Then the ways are/ pulled out of the water. This is accomplished/ by means of a steam engine. The vessel looks/ small because she is upon such large ways. The/way would easily accomodate an ocean liner. It/ was while she was in this shape that the hull/ was coppered and an addition made to the keel./ The deel [sic] was only 8 inches deep; now it is 16/ inches deep and 12 inches wide." In schoolbook writing pad converted to photo album described as "The beginning of the good ship/ BLOSSOM - Adventure/ Photos made by W. Kenneth Cyler/ about 1923." Blossom was also known as Lucy R. and Three Brothers. She was a commercial packet schooner, formerly the Lucy R. of Nova Scotia. She was purchased by the Cleveland Museum of Natural History with funds from a Mrs. Blossom and made a voyage to the Indian Ocean to gather ornithological specimens. Blossom was fitted out in New London and sailed out of that port circa 1923. Album apparently documents period of the conversion of the Lucy R. to the Blossom with photographs taken in New London, based on identification of related images. Fair condition with yellow stains.
Date created	1923.
Physical format	1 photograph : silver print ; 4 x 6 in.
Digital format	image/jpeg
Identifier	Accession number: 1998.97.2.30 File name: IMG0078-4768.PCD
Source	Mystic Seaport
Rights	Copyright restrictions applying to use or reproduction of this image are available from Mystic Seaport.
Sub-collection	Photographs

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