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West Main Street, Mystic, looking southeast.
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Title
West
Main
Street
,
Mystic
,
looking
southeast
.
Place
Mystic River (Conn.)
West Main Street (Mystic, Conn.)
Topic
Drawbridges
Commercial buildings
Central business districts
Signs and signboards
Streets
Street-railroad tracks
Topic-Organization, Vessel
Gilbert Transportation Company
Theme
Environment
Infrastructure
Description
West
Main
Street
,
Mystic
,
scene
,
looking
southeast
toward
the
Mystic
River
Bridge
and the
Gilbert
Transportation
Co
.
building
.
Two
men
are
standing
in the
right
foreground
; the
man
at
right
is
wearing
a
bowler
hat
. The
Gilbert
Transportation
Co
.
sign
is
partially
visible
on the
building
across
the
street
.
Telegraph
cables
and
street
lights
can
be
seen
along
the
street
, and
trolley
tracks
are
discernible
in the
unpaved
road
.
Several
pedestrians
are
visible
on the
sidewalk
in the
left
background
. The
storefronts
on that
side
are
shaded
by
awnings
.
Notes
Title
supplied
by
cataloger
.
Founded
by
Captain
Mark
L
.
Gilbert
, the
Gilbert
Transportation
Company
specialized
in
repair
and
rebuilding
work
and was
active
from
1906-1909
.
Financial
troubles
resulted
in the
closing
of the
shipyard
in
1909
. The
1866
iron
drawbridge
was
replaced
in
1904
by the
structure
shown
here,
which
could
accommodate
the
new
Groton
and
Stonington
Electric
Railway
(trolley)
line
.
It
was
replaced
in
1922
by the
current
bascule
bridge
.
Date created
[between
1904
and
1909]
Physical format
1
photograph
:
glass
negative
;
3
15/16
x
5
in.
Digital format
image/jpeg
Identifier
Accession
number
:
1994.18.8
File
name
:
IMG0062-4202.PCD
Source
Mystic
Seaport
.
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restrictions
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to
use
or
reproduction
of this
image
are
available
from
Mystic
Seaport
.
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