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Bird's-eye view of Palmer Shipyard, Noank.
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Title
Bird's-eye
view
of
Palmer
Shipyard
,
Noank
.
Creator
Bailey & Rathbone
Place
Noank (Conn.)
Topic
Shipbuilding industry
Shipyards
Railroads
Street-railroads
Marine railways
Topic-Organization, Vessel
Robert Palmer & Son Shipbuilding and Marine Railway Co. (Noank, Conn.)
New York, New Haven, and Hartford Railroad Company
Groton and Stonington Street Railway
Theme
Environment
Infrastructure
Livelihood
Description
Aerial
perspective
of the
Robert
Palmer
shipyard
,
Noank
, from the
east
.
Launching
ways
can
be
see
on the
right
, and a
marine
railway
and
sawmill
complex
on the
left
. The
company
store
is
visible
behind
the
ways
in the
center
of the
picture
.
Barges
and
schooner
barges
are
shown
under
construction
. In the
right
background
a
trolley
runs
along
the
rails
of the
Groton
and
Stonington
Electric
Railway
. To its
right
, a
New
York
,
New
Haven
and
Hartford
train
can
be
seen
headed
toward
Groton
.
Notes
Title
supplied
by
cataloger
.
Date
range
determined
by
opening
of
trolley
line
and
end
of
Palmer
shipyard
operations
.
Sources
list
variant
names
for the
trolley
company
. The
Palmer
family's
shipbuilding
and
repair
facility
, in
operation
from the
mid-19th
century
until
1914
, was
one
of the
most
prominent
on the
east
coast
.
It
was
incorporated
under
several
names
and
experienced
substantial
growth
in the
second
half
of the
19th
century
,
specializing
in the
production
of
utilitarian
barges
and
floats
. At the
time
depicted
in this
view
, the
yard
employed
400
men
on
average
.
Date created
[between
1904
and
1914]
Physical format
1
photograph
:
lithograph
;
18
1/2
x
25
3/4
in.
Digital format
image/jpeg
Identifier
Accession
number
:
1970.35
File
name
:
IMG0001-0397.PCD
Source
Mystic
Seaport
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restrictions
applying
to
use
or
reproduction
of this
image
are
available
from
Mystic
Seaport
.
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