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Looking south from the Groton Monument, Fort Griswold, Groton.

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Title	Looking south from the Groton Monument, Fort Griswold, Groton.
Creator	Cyler, W. Kenneth.
Place	Thames River (Conn.) Groton (Conn.) New London (Conn.)
Topic	Waterfronts
Topic-Organization, Vessel	Blossom (Schooner)
Theme	Environment Infrastructure
Description	View from the Groton Monument, at Fort Griswold, Groton, looking south. Visible in the picture are the Thames River, the southern section of Groton, and the east and west (New London) shores along the river. The object of an arrow visible to the right may be the Ocean Beach area south of New London.
Notes	Title supplied by cataloger. Caption typed in blue ink below reads: "Shows Groton in foreground. The stream/ of water on the right is the Thames River/ after the Connecticut has emptied into it [sic]./ The water on the horizon is not the ocean/ but is Long Island Sound. You can see two/ ships in the River; the one on the right is/ one of Merritt, Chapman, and Scott's tug boats,/ probably the 'Cassie', the other is a U.S./Naval training ship/ Along side of her is a/ submarine -- right side. Ocean beach is located/ looking south from the Monument." The Connecticut River is farther west, and is not a tributary of the Thames, which begins at the junction of the Yantic and Shetucket Rivers in Norwich. Taken from the Groton Monument, which was erected in 1830 to commemorate the massacre at Fort Griswold in 1781. Merritt-Chapman & Scott Corporation is a marine engineering, construction and salvage firm formed in 1922 when Merritt & Chapman Derrick & Wrecking Company merged with T.A. Scott Company of New London. In schoolbook writing pad converted to photo album described as "The beginning of the good ship/ BLOSSOM - Adventure/ Photos made by W. Kenneth Cyler/ about 1923." Album apparently documents period of the conversion of the Lucy R. to the Blossom with photographs taken in New London, based on identification of related images. Blossom was also known as Lucy R. and Three Brothers. She was a commercial packet schooner formerly the Lucy R. of Nova Scotia. She was purchased by the Cleveland Museum of Natural History with funds from a Mrs. Blossom and made a voyage to the Indian Ocean to gather ornithological specimens. Blossom was fitted out in New London and sailed out of that port circa 1923. Good condition, yellowed.
Date created	1923.
Physical format	1 photograph : silver print ; 4 x 6 in.
Digital format	image/jpeg
Identifier	Accession number: 1998.97.2.29 File name: IMG0077-4768.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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