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Side-wheel steamer Block Island approaching New London.
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Side-wheel steamer Block Island approaching New London.
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Title
Side-wheel
steamer
Block
Island
approaching
New
London
.
Place
Groton (Conn.)
Thames River (Conn.)
New London Harbor (Conn.)
State Street (New London, Conn.)
Topic
Ferries
Paddle steamers
Steamboats
Boats and boating
Horse-drawn vehicles
Carriages and carts
Wagons
Topic-Organization, Vessel
Block Island (Steamboat)
Groton (Steamboat)
Theme
Environment
Infrastructure
Livelihood
Description
Port
view
of the
side-wheel
steamer
Block
Island
approaching
New
London
. The
ferry
Thames
River
can
be
seen
at
wharf
to the
right
,
behind
the
G
.
M.[or
"
W]
Long
&
Co
.
oyster
dealer's
building
.
Sign
on the
building
reads
: "
OYSTER
DEPOT
".
Sign
advertising
"
FISH
"
is
visible
on an
adjacent
building
to the
right
.
Waterfront
buildings
can
be
seen
to the
left
and
right
. The
Parade
(the
foot
of
State
Street)
and
flagpole
are
visible
in the
left
foreground
.
Pedestrians
and
horse-drawn
carriages
and
wagons
can
be
seen
on the
road
.
View
is
looking
out
across
New
London
Harbor
. The
Groton
shore
is
visible
in the
background
.
Notes
Title
supplied
by
cataloger
.
Handwritten
on
back
: "
Foot
of
State
St./
New
London,Conn/
about
1890
". The
steamer
Block
Island
was
built
by
Robert
Palmer
&
Sons
for the
New
London
Steamboat
Co
. in
1882
. She
ran
between
Norwich
and
Block
Island
, with
stops
in
New
London
and
Watch
Hill
, as
well
as
Noank
,
Mystic
(Ram)
Island
and
Stonington
.
Later
under
the
ownership
of
subsidiary
companies
of the
New
York
,
New
Haven
and
Hartford
Railroad
, she
continued
on this
route
.
According
to
some
sources
, from
1915
to
1930
she was a
boarding
house
and
mess
hall
in
Newport
,
Rhode
Island
, and in
1930
was
towed
to
Dyers
Island
and
burned
.
Mounted
on
white
card
,
5
x
8
in.
Date created
[ca
.
1890]
Physical format
1
photograph
:
albumen
print
;
4
3/8
x
7
1/4
in.
Digital format
image/jpeg
Identifier
Accession
number
:
1990.16.7
File
name
:
IMG0040-4772.PCD
Source
Mystic
Seaport
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use
or
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image
are
available
from
Mystic
Seaport
.
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