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Lumber at Groton Iron Works, Palmer yard, Noank.
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Title
Lumber
at
Groton
Iron
Works
,
Palmer
yard
,
Noank
.
Place
Noank (Conn.)
Ram Island (Conn.)
Topic
Shipbuilding industry -- Employees
Shipyards
Lumber
Topic-Organization, Vessel
Groton Iron Works
Robert Palmer & Son Shipbuilding and Marine Railway Co. (Noank, Conn.)
Theme
Infrastructure
Livelihood
Description
View
of
Groton
Iron
Works
,
Palmer
Yard
,
Noank
.
Several
men
are
standing
in the
yard
among
stacks
and
piles
of
sawed
lumber
,
ends
marked
in
white
. At
right
is
a
horse-drawn
cart
.
Visible
in the
center
foreground
is
a
utility
pole
with a
light
. In the
background
to the
left
of the
pole
is
the
power
vessel
Greenport
,
seen
in
starboard
view
.
Ram
Island
is
visible
in the
distance
.
Notes
Title
supplied
by
cataloger
. The
Palmer
family's
shipbuilding
and
repair
facility
, in
operation
from the
mid-19th
century
until
1914
, was
one
of the
most
prominent
on the
east
coast
.
It
was
incorporated
under
several
names
and
experienced
substantial
growth
in the
second
half
of the
19th
century
,
specializing
in the
production
of
utilitarian
barges
and
floats
. The
yard
employed
400
men
on
average
in the
first
decade
of the
20th
century
. In the
World
War
I
time
period
,
Groton
Iron
Works
operated
on this
site
in
addition
to
having
its
main
yard
on the
Thames
River
in
Groton
. The
company
built
a
number
of
iron
and
wood-hulled
vessels
during
and
after
World
War
I
. The
Noank
yard
ceased
production
in
1919
. The
Groton
yard
continued
until
1928
.
Approximate
date
based
on
similar
image
dated
September
24
,
1917
.
Reverse
stained
by
India
ink
;
written
in
pencil
: "
g/
Mrs
.
James
F
.
Riley/
1
apr
'69/
"; and in
pen
below
"
Palmer
Yard/
Noank
";
Mounted
on
cardboard
.
Vertical
crease
from
top
to
bottom
.
Pin
holes
in
corners
.
Date created
[ca
.
1917]
Physical format
1
photograph
:
silver
print
;
7
5/8
x
9
1/4
in.
Digital format
image/jpeg
Identifier
Accession
number
:
1994.3
File
name
:
IMG0069-4760.PCD
Source
Mystic
Seaport
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