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Title	City of Hartford (Steamboat) after collision with railroad bridge, Middletown.
Place	Middletown (Conn.) Connecticut River
Topic	Steamboats Boats and boating Railroad bridges Drawbridges Railroads -- Track Marine accidents
Topic-Organization, Vessel	City of Hartford (Steamboat) Capitol City (Steamboat) Hartford & New York Steamboat Company
Theme	Environment Infrastructure
Description	Starboard view of the steamer City of Hartford after colliding with the railroad bridge over the Connecticut River at Middletown on March 29, 1876. The bridge ironwork is draped over the vessel; the drawspan is visible in the background. The tracks of the Connecticut Valley Railroad can be seen in the foreground.
Notes	Title supplied by cataloger. On reverse: "The span of the bridge just behind the boat is the draw./ "City of Hartford"/ rammed bridge, collapsed/ span on boat." One of the white bridge markers was out and a light in the town mistaken for the marker, causing the boat to miss the draw span. City of Hartford (renamed Capitol City in 1883) was built 1852 in Greenpoint, New York by Samuel Sneeden. She was owned by the Hartford & New York Steamboat Company. Surviving the 1876 mishap, she went aground and broke up on the rocks off Rye Beach, New York March 31, 1886. Mounted on orange card.
Date created	1876.
Physical format	1 photograph : stereograph ; 3 15/16 x 7 in.
Digital format	image/jpeg
Identifier	Accession number: 1979.108.47 File name: IMG0023-4771.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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