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Title	Freighter Ashland ready for launching, Stonington.
Place	Stonington (Conn.) Stonington Harbor (Conn.)
Topic	Cargo ships Ships Shipbuilding industry Launchings
Topic-Organization, Vessel	Ashland (Freighter) Ship Construction and Trading Co
Theme	Environment Infrastructure
Description	Panoramic view of Stonington Borough waterfront and Harbor circa 1918-1919, looking north, showing the freighter Ashland about to be launched at the Ship Construction and Trading Co. The ship is decorated and people are visible in the bow section and in front of the vessel. A wagon and other horse-drawn vehicles are in the center middle distance. A dormered frame building is prominent in the right foreground, behind which can be seen a wagon, a pitch-roofed house and a steeple. Docks, cranes and lumber can also be seen.
Notes	Title supplied by cataloger. The Ship Construction and Trading Co. was given a contract to build two freighters for the government during the World War I period; 320 men were employed on the project. The company occupied sites along the Stonington Borough waterfront, including the former rail-steamboat terminal of the New England Navigation Co. and the old Stonington Railroad roundhouse. Ashland was a wood screw vessel 268 feet x 46 feet by 26 feet.
Date created	[ca. 1918]
Physical format	1 photograph : soft panoramic negative ; 3 3/8 x 11 1/2 in.
Digital format	image/jpeg
Identifier	Accession number: 1977.75.21 File name: IMG0097-4173.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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