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Sidewheel steamer "Bridgeport", Bridgeport Harbor.
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Title
Sidewheel
steamer
"
Bridgeport
",
Bridgeport
Harbor
.
Creator
Danziger and Berman.
Place
Bridgeport Harbor (Conn.)
Topic
Steamboats
Paddle steamers
Boats and boating
Waterfronts
Topic-Organization, Vessel
Bridgeport (Steamboat)
Theme
Infrastructure
Description
Port
view
of the
steamer
Bridgeport
in
Bridgeport
Harbor
.
Large
buildings
are
visible
along
the
waterfront
and in the
background
.
Caption
at
top
: "
Steamer
'Bridgeport'
,
Bridgeport
Harbor
,
Conn.
"
Notes
Built
in
Wilmington
,
Delaware
in
1902
as the
William
G
.
Payne
, for the
Bridgeport
Steamboat
Co
., she was
renamed
in
1903
after
the
company
was
acquired
by the
New
York
,
New
Haven
and
Hartford
Railroad
.
Bridgeport
was
one
of a
fleet
of
steamers
owned
by
subsidiary
companies
of the
NYNH&H
,
coordinating
rail-steamboat
travel
from
New
York
to
New
England
cities
. She
operated
between
New
York
and
Bridgeport
until
1913-1914
, and was
one
of the
last
(and
fastest)
sidewheel
steamers
built
for
Long
Island
Sound
service
.
Published
by
Danziger
&
Berman
,
New
Haven
,
Connecticut
,
No
.
158
.
Postmarked
March
8
,
1909
. From the
collection
of
Wilma
D
.
Fowler
.
Date created
[between
1903
and
1909]
Physical format
1
photographic
postcard
:
col
. ;
3
1/2
x
5
1/2
in.
Digital format
image/jpeg
Identifier
Accession
number
:
1989.69.88
File
name
:
IMG0023-4204.PCD
Source
Mystic
Seaport
.
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restrictions
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to
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or
reproduction
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image
are
available
from
Mystic
Seaport
.
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