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Oyster boat Sea Coast in harbor.
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Title
Oyster
boat
Sea
Coast
in
harbor
.
Place
New Haven (Conn.)
Mianus (Conn.)
Stamford (Conn.)
Topic
Motorboats
Fishing boats
Boats and boating
Oyster fisheries
Marine diesel motors
Marine engines
Topic-Organization, Vessel
Sea Coast (Fishing vessel)
Sea Coast Oyster Co
Mianus Diesel Engine Co
Theme
Infrastructure
Livelihood
Description
Port
view
of the
oyster
boat
Sea
Coast
in
harbor
.
Notes
Title
supplied
by
cataloger
.
Typed
caption
includes
following
details
about
vessel
:
length
overall
83'
6
",
beam
22'
2
",
draft
7'
9
".
Owned
by
Sea
Coast
Oyster
Co
. of
New
Haven
,
100
BHP
six-cylinder
Mianus
diesel
engine
,
installed
1921
. Also
installed
in their
other
oyster
boat
,
Vernie
S
.
Engine
for the
Sea
Coast
is
elsewhere
described
as
two
three-cylinder
50
BHP
diesel
engines
in
tandem
.
Mianus
Diesel
Engine
Co
.,
39
McGee
Avenue
,
Stamford
,
succeeded
the
earlier
Mianus
Motor
Works
in
1919
.
Mianus
Motor
Works
manufactured
gasoline
engines
for
boats
,
specializing
in
fitting
auxiliary
motors
to
yachts
, but also
supplying
engines
for
working
boats
. The
company
is
listed
as
located
in
Stamford
from
1911
on. In
1919
it
became
the
Mianus
Diesel
Engine
Co
.,
manufacturing
diesel
engines
for
various
types
of
vessels
.
Oystering
was an
important
Connecticut
industry
in the
19th
and
20th
centuries
.
New
Haven
and
South
Norwalk
were
among
the
centers
of
local
and
regional
cultivation
and
harvesting
. The
peak
period
was
1885-1910
.
Mounted
on
cloth
page
in
album
.
Date created
[1921?]
Physical format
1
photograph
:
silver
print
;
3
1/2
x
5
1/2
in.
Digital format
image/jpeg
Identifier
Accession
number
:
1991.179.5.9
File
name
:
IMG0064-4206.PCD
Source
Mystic
Seaport
.
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to
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or
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image
are
available
from
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.
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