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Title	Steamship (Minnesota/Dakota) on the ways, Eastern Shipbuilding Co., Groton.
Creator	Scholfield, Edwin.
Place	Groton (Conn.) Thames River (Conn.)
Topic	Cargo ships Steamboats Ships Shipbuilding industry Shipyards Railroads -- Track Waterfronts
Topic-Organization, Vessel	Dakota (Steamship) Minnesota (Steamship) Eastern Shipbuilding Company
Theme	Environment Infrastructure Livelihood
Description	Distant view of a steamship, either the Minnesota or Dakota, on the ways at Eastern Shipbuilding Co., Groton. View is looking up the Thames River. Railroad tracks can be seen along the shore in the foreground.
Notes	Title supplied by cataloger. The Minnesota and Dakota were sister ships built in 1904 and 1905 by Eastern Shipbuilding Company of Groton, and owned by Great Northern Steamship Co. They ran between Seattle and ports in Japan and China. Dakota was lost off Shirahama, Japan, March 3, 1907. Either vessel is identified as one of first boats built at Nelseco, but secondary source information and chronology of vessels indicate that Eastern Shipbuiding, predecessor builder on the same site, and not Nelseco, was the builder. Eastern Shipbuilding was in business from 1900 until shortly after the launch of the Dakota. It had been taken over by the United States Shipping Corporation in 1902. New London Ship and Engine Company (Nelseco) took over the site in 1910. Shortly thereafter Nelseco officially became a subsidiary of submarine maker Electric Boat Company. The company manufactured diesel engines for submarines on the former Eastern Shipbuilding site and later, submarines for the Navy. Identified as probably taken by Edwin Scholfield. Edwin was the name of both the father (1819-1910) and son (1887-1968) of professional photographer Everett A. Scholfield (1843-1930), who worked primarily in Mystic and New London from 1865-1913. The elder Edwin, Edwin A., was also a professional photographer.
Date created	1904.
Physical format	1 photograph : gelatin glass negative ; 4 x 5 in.
Digital format	image/jpeg
Identifier	Accession number: 1975.294.510 File name: IMG0073-2321.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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