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Title	Mystic River highway drawbridge, with vessel visible beyond.
Creator	Scholfield, E. A. (Everett Augustus), 1843-1930.
Place	Mystic (Conn.) Mystic River (Conn.)
Topic	Sailing ships Ships Wharves
Topic-Organization, Vessel	Twilight (Ship) Charles Mallory & Sons
Theme	Environment Infrastructure Livelihood
Description	View of the Mystic River highway drawbridge, looking upriver. The bow of a vessel, probably Twilight, can be seen just beyond the bridge. A number of people are standing on the bridge or sitting on the railing.
Notes	Title supplied by cataloger. The iron drawbridge depicted was built in 1866, replacing an earlier wooden structure. It was in turn replaced in 1904 by a structure able to accommodate trolleys. Photograph was taken before the first of two signs was erected admonishing people to walk their horses. Vessel is variously identified as Twilight II and Twilight III. She is identified as the second sailing ship of that name built by Charles Mallory & Sons of Mystic. The first was a clipper ship launched in 1857. The actual second Twilight was a steamer launched in 1865. The third Mallory vessel named Twilight, depicted here, was launched in 1866 and wintered in the Mystic River before being rigged in early spring of 1867. This Twilight had a career in the California trade, was under foreign ownership by 1885, and shortly thereafter condemned. The Charles Mallory & Sons shipyard was located on the east (Stonington) bank of the Mystic River, approximately on the site of the present duPont Preservation Shipyard at Mystic Seaport. It produced a number of sail and steam vessels from 1851 to 1875, with the Civil War period the most active. Taken by Everett A. Scholfield, a professional photographer who worked primarily in Mystic and New London from 1865-1913. Secondary sources indicate the vessel depicted is Twilight. This image appears to be the negative for stereograph image 1984.69.9.
Date created	[ca. 1867]
Physical format	1 photograph : collodian glass negative ; 3 1/4 x 6 5/8 in.
Digital format	image/jpeg
Identifier	Accession number: 1965.859.3 File name: IMG0063-2329.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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