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Title	Former ship David Crockett.
Place	Mystic (Conn.)
Topic	Clipper ships Ships Barges
Topic-Organization, Vessel	David Crockett (Ship) George Greenman & Company
Theme	Infrastructure Livelihood
Description	Starboard view of the former clipper ship David Crockett after conversion to a coal barge. The name "POCAHONTAS COAL" is visible on her hull. Handwritten on mount: "1679 tons, built 1853 at the Greenman Shipyard, Mystic, Conn., site of the present Mystic Seaport. Built as a ship but was later barged, as shown, and was last in lower New York Bay".
Notes	Title supplied by cataloger. Built by the Greenman brothers of Mystic and considered one of the most successful ships launched from an American shipyard, the David Crockett had a long and profitable career as a clipper, doing the New York-San Francisco run for most of the period 1857-1883. She was converted to a bark, and, after 1890, to a coal barge. Stranded on Romer Shoal in New York Bay in February 1899. George Greenman and Company was a family firm owned by three ot the Greenman Brothers, George, Clark and Thomas. They built 97 vessels between 1837 and 1878. The shipyard was located at Adams Point in the Greenmanville section of Mystic, a site that is now part of Mystic Seaport.
Date created	[between 1890 and 1899]
Physical format	1 photograph ; 4 3/8 x 6 7/8 in.
Digital format	image/jpeg
Identifier	Accession number: 1962.425 File name: IMG0024-4759.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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