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Title	The steamship Balsto, ready for launching, Noank.
Place	Noank (Conn.)
Topic	Steamboats Shipbuilding industry Merchant marine World War, 1914-1918
Topic-Organization, Vessel	Balsto (Steamship) Groton Iron Works United States Shipping Board Emergency Fleet Corporation
Theme	Infrastructure Livelihood
Description	Panoramic view of Groton Iron Works, Noank, showing the building of Emergency Fleet vessels. The steamship Balsto is ready for launching at center. To the right are several vessels under construction. Workers appear to be at work in the yard. Lumber and planks are also visible. Handwritten in negative lower right "Groton Iron Works, Noank./ Balsto. Ready for Launching/ July 1, 1918.N:34:F:".
Notes	Title supplied by cataloger. The Emergency Fleet Corporation was formed ten days after the United States entered World War I in 1917. It was commissioned to build, equip, maintain and operate merchant vessels to meet the shipping demands of the war. Groton Iron Works had its main yard on the Thames in Groton and a second yard on the site of the former Palmer shipyard in Noank. It built a number of iron and wood-hulled vessels during and after World War I. The Noank yard ceased production in 1919. The Groton yard continued until 1928.
Date created	1918.
Physical format	1 photograph : panoramic gelatin print ; 7 15/16 x 21 13/16 in.
Digital format	image/jpeg
Identifier	Accession number: 1935.89 File name: IMG0099-3235.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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