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Steam ferry F.C. Fowler, Ferry Street, Hartford, 1895 or 1896.

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Title	Steam ferry F.C. Fowler, Ferry Street, Hartford, 1895 or 1896.
Place	Connecticut River Ferry Street (Hartford, Conn.)
Topic	Ferries Boats and boating Steamboats Horses Horse-drawn vehicles Wagons
Topic-Organization, Vessel	F.C. Fowler (Steamboat)
Theme	Infrastructure
Description	Steam ferry F.C. Fowler docked on the Hartford side of the Connecticut river. Two men and a wagon drawn by two horses are on the boat. On shore are a cart drawn by two horses, two additional men, and a woman with a basket. A small boat house has signs that read: "Boat Building" and "Boats To Let." Three people sit on the dock outside and several small rowboats are nearby. To the left is a large warehouse with a barge docked beside it. A small sailboat sails at the right. The piers of the old covered bridge are visible in the background with the spans of an iron railroad bridge beyond.<br>
Notes	Title supplied by cataloger. <br>The F.C. Fowler, built in 1893, was used as a ferry boat between Hartford and East Hartford after the covered bridge across the Connecticut River between those two towns burned in 1895. Normally the F.C. Fowler crossed the river at East Haddam. <br>
Date created	[between 1895 and 1896]
Physical format	1 photographic print ; 21 x 26 cm.<br>
Digital format	image/jpeg
Identifier	Accession number 1997.1.161<br>File name 0553 img0089.pcd<br>
Source	The Connecticut Historical Society.
Rights	Reproduction and copyright information regarding this image is available from The Graphics Collection, The Connecticut Historical Society, Hartford.
Sub-collection	Photographs

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