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Title
Boats
at
dock
,
Post
boatyard
,
Mystic
.
Place
Pistol Point (Mystic, Conn.)Mystic (Conn.)
Mystic River (Conn.)
Topic
Boatyards
Gunboats
Boats and boating
Topic-Organization, Vessel
Franklin G. Post & Son Boatyard (Mystic, Conn.)
United States. Coast Guard
United States. Navy
Genre
Photographs
Theme
Environment
Infrastructure
Livelihood
Description
View
from the
northwest
of the
Franklin
G
.
Post
boatyard
,
looking
southeast
across
Pistol
Point
toward
the
mouth
of the
Mystic
River
. The
railroad
drawbridge
and
Mason's
Island
can
be
seen
.
Several
moored
boats
are
visible
.
Typed
on the
back
of
one
of the
prints
: "
Photo
of
boats
at
dock
of
FRANKLIN
G
.
POST
&
SON
,
INC./MYSTIC
,
CONNECTICUT/
83'
Coast
Guard
boat/Army
Aircraft
Rescue
boat
in for
repairs/
Picket
boats
at
end
of
dock
,
Post-built
Navy
uncompleted
hulls
".
Notes
Title
supplied
by
cataloger
.
Franklin
G
.
Post
was a
boatbuilder
who
had
shops
at
two
locations
in
Mystic
. From
1914-1923
his
business
was
located
in
Fort
Rachel
,
south
of the
site
of the
old
D.O
.
Richmond
yard
on the
Groton
side
of the
river
. From
1923-1959
the
shop
occupied
the
site
of the
former
Pendleton
Brothers
yard
on the
Stonington
side
.
When
his
son
Ernest
joined
the
business
it
became
Franklin
Post
&
Son
. The
83'
Coast
Guard
boats
were
used
during
World
War
II
in
coastal
actions
,
primarily
to
support
amphibious
landings
.
Date created
[194-?]
Physical format
1
photograph
:
soft
negative
;
4
x
5
in.
Digital format
image/jpeg
Identifier
Accession
number
:
1987.58.149
File
name
:
IMG0054-4173.PCD
Source
Mystic
Seaport
.
Collection
Post
Collection
.
Rights
Copyright
restrictions
applying
to
use
or
reproduction
of this
image
are
available
from
Mystic
Seaport
.
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Photographs
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