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Title
New
London
dock
scene
on
boat
races
day
.
Place
New London (Conn.)
Topic
Steamboats
Boats and boating
Topic-Person
Hill, Mason Crary, 1817-1906
Topic-Organization, Vessel
Manhanset (Steamboat)
City of Lowell (Steamboat)
Theme
Environment
Infrastructure
Description
View
of the
New
London
dock
area
on a
day
when
boat
races
are
occurring
. In the
right
foreground
is
an
entrance
arch
for "
Groton
Ferry
". In the
background
are the
steamers
Manhanset
(or
Manhasset)
, with a
sign
reading
"
PRESS
BOAT
". In the
center
background
are the
steamer
City
of
Lowell
and
two
unidentified
steamers
. There
is
a
large
crowd
of
people
near
the
train
tracks
at
left
.
Notes
Title
supplied
by
cataloger
. On
reverse
is
written
"
New
London/
Docks
-Boat
Races
Day
"
above
which
is
written
, then
crossed
out
"
Date
1894-1896
"
printed
at
lower
left
in
pen
: "
CHAPPELL
"
Built
in
Bath
,
Maine
,
1894
and
retired
in
1948
, the
City
of
Lowell
was
noted
for her
speed
. She was
one
of a
fleet
of
steamers
owned
by
subsidiary
companies
of the
New
York
,
New
Haven
&
Hartford
Railroad
coordinating
rail-steamboat
travel
from
New
York
to
New
England
cities
.
Manhanset
was a
screw
steamer
built
in
Mystic
,
1879
, by
Mason
Crary
Hill
for the
New
London
&
Long
Island
Steamboat
Co
. She was
chartered
out
of
New
London
for
excursions
to
various
islands
off
the
coast
,
including
Fisher's
Island
and
Block
Island
, and to
Long
Island
ports
.
Another
excursion
steamer
,
Manhasset
(built
in
New
York
1860)
may
have
frequently
the
New
London
area
as
well
.
Date
is
identified
as
circa
1885
, but this
must
be an
error
if the
City
of
Lowell
is
correctly
identified
.
Clothing
styles
also
appear
to
support
a
post
1894
date
.
Date created
[ca
.
1895]
Physical format
1
photograph
;
8
1/16
x10
in.
Digital format
image/jpeg
Identifier
Accession
number
:
1993.17.64
File
name
:
IMG0009-4761.PCD
Source
Mystic
Seaport
Rights
Copyright
restrictions
applying
to
use
or
reproduction
of this
image
are
available
from
Mystic
Seaport
.
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