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Title	Ship Helicon at wharf, West Mystic.
Creator	Scholfield, E. A. (Everett Augustus), 1843-1930.
Place	West Mystic (Conn.)
Topic	Helicon (Ship) Sailing ships Ships Shipyards
Topic-Organization, Vessel	Maxson, Fish & Co
Theme	Infrastructure Livelihood
Description	Starboard view of a partially-rigged ship identified as the Helicon at wharf, apparently at the Maxson, Fish & Co. shipyard wharf in West Mystic.
Notes	Title supplied by cataloger. Helicon was built by Maxson Fish & Co. of West Mystic, and launched in December 1868. She first sailed in the California Line and later out of Boston before being converted to a schooner-rigged coal barge in 1886. She was one of many vessels that fell victim to a November 1898 weather phenomenon that struck southeastern New England that is known as the "great Portland Gale" for a passenger steamer also lost in the storm. Maxson, Fish & Co. was established in 1853 by William Ellery Maxson and Nathan G. Fish of Mystic, together with other partners. The yard was located in West Mystic. The business went bankrupt in 1870, soon after Fish's death. Attributed to Everett A. Scholfield, a professional photographer who worked primarily in Mystic and New London from 1865-1913.
Date created	[ca. 1868]
Physical format	1 photograph : collodian stereo glass negative ; 3 1/8 x 6 1/2 in.
Digital format	image/jpeg
Identifier	Accession number: 1965.859.8 File name: IMG0058-2329.PCD
Source	Mystic Seaport
Collection	Scholfield Collection.
Rights	Copyright restrictions applying to use or reproduction of this image are available from Mystic Seaport.
Sub-collection	Photographs

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