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Steamer City of Norwich at Norwich & Worcester Transportation Co. dock, Norwich.

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Title	Steamer City of Norwich at Norwich & Worcester Transportation Co. dock, Norwich.
Place	Norwich (Conn.) Thames River (Conn.) Shetucket River (Conn.) Yantic River (Conn.)
Topic	Paddle steamers Wharves Steamboats Boats and boating Waterfronts Commercial buildings
Topic-Organization, Vessel	City of Norwich (Steamboat)
Theme	Infrastructure Environment
Description	View of the sidewheel steamer City of Norwich at the Norwich & Worcester Transportation Co. dock in Norwich. Taken from above, looking toward the water and opposite shore. Trees partially obscure the view of the boat at bottom left. Commercial and other buildings can be seen on the hillside to the right and across the river.
Notes	Title supplied by cataloger. The City of Norwich was built in Greenpoint or Brooklyn, New York in 1862. She was part of the coordinated rail-steamer transportation system that provided passenger and freight service from New York to New England cities. City of Norwich and her sister vessel, City of New London, primarily carried freight for the Norwich and New York Transportation Company. City of Norwich was an army transport during the Civil War. In 1866 she was sunk in a collision (thirteen people and one horse were killed), then was salvaged and put in service. She burned to the waterline two years later (eleven people killed) and was rebuilt again, mainly for use as a relief boat. Sources differ as to how long and in what form she remained in service for the company. Possible dates are 1879 or 1883. Reportedly, at some point she sank a third time on Cornfield Shoal off Saybrook and was salvaged again, was also used as a barge in New Jersey in 1895-1896, and was finally broken up at Stonington in 1913. Norwich is at the head of the Thames River, which is formed by the confluence of the Shetucket and Yantic Rivers. Albumen prints mounted on yellow card with square corners.
Date created	[187-?]
Physical format	1 photograph : stereograph ; 3 1/3 x 6 3/4 in.
Digital format	image/jpeg
Identifier	Accession number: 1989.68.2 File name: IMG0060-4771.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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