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Title	Steamboat Rhode Island under construction at Palmer yard, Noank.
Creator	Scholfield, E. A. (Everett Augustus), 1843-1930.
Place	Noank (Conn.)
Topic	Paddle steamers Steamboats Tugboats Sloops Boats and boating Shipyards
Topic-Organization, Vessel	Rhode Island (Steamboat) Billow (Sloop) T.A. Scott, Jr. (Tugboat) Robert Palmer & Sons
Theme	Infrastructure Livelihood
Description	View of the steamboat Rhode Island under construction at the Robert Palmer & Sons shipyard, Noank. The sloop Billow can be seen in the middle distance. Under construction at left is the tugboat T.A. Scott, Jr. Lumber can be seen in the foreground.
Notes	Title supplied by cataloger. Rhode Island, built 1882 by Robert Palmer & Sons of Noank and retired in 1919, was one of a fleet of steamers owned by companies whose service connected New York and Providence and points beyond. The third steamer of that name to ply Long Island in Sound service, Rhode Island began her career in the service of the Providence and Stonington Line, acquired by the New York, New Haven & Hartford Railroad in 1892. The Billow was a work and freight boat owned by the Palmers. T.A. Scott, Jr. was built by Robert Palmer & Sons in 1882 as a screw steam tugboat. 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, including R. & J. Palmer, Robert Palmer & Sons, and Robert Palmer & Son Shipbuilding and Marine Railway, and experienced substantial growth in the second half of the 19th century, specializing in the production of utilitarian barges and floats. Taken by Everett A. Scholfield, a professional photographer who worked primarily in Mystic and New London from 1865-1913.
Date created	[ca. 1882]
Physical format	1 photograph : collodian stereo glass negative ; 4 x 7 in.
Digital format	image/jpeg
Identifier	Accession number: 1977.92.372 File name: IMG0088-2323.PCD
Source	Mystic Seaport
Collection	Scholfield Collection.
Rights	Copyright restrictions applying to use or reproduction of this image are available from Mystic Seaport.
Sub-collection	Photographs

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