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Title	Schooners and railroad ferry Shore Line, New London.
Creator	Bishop, Giles. Sauter, William F.
Place	Thames River (Conn.) New London (Conn.) Groton (Conn.)
Topic	Ferries Paddle steamers Steamboats Boats and boating Schooners Sailing ships Ships Railroad cars Roundhouses (Railroads) Waterfronts
Topic-Organization, Vessel	Shore Line (Steamboat) George Greenman & Company
Theme	Infrastructure
Description	View of the New London waterfront looking east across the Thames River toward Groton. Two schooners are at anchor in the river. The railroad ferryboat Shore Line can be seen on the waterfront at left. In front of her are two boxcars at a covered railroad platform, locomotive behind. Between the ferry's smokestacks a railroad roundhouse is visible in the distance on the Groton shore.
Notes	Title supplied by cataloger. Identified in an identical view attributed to Scholfield as possibly on Yale-Harvard race day. The steam ferry boat Shore Line was built in 1858 by George Greenman and Company of Mystic. A New London-Groton railroad ferry, she was lengthened to accommodate three railways cars in 1865 and relegated to spare boat status in 1871. In 1882 she was converted to a schooner barge, sometimes carrying coal for the Thames Towboat Company of New London. She was last registered in 1890. George Greenman and Company was a family firm owned by three ot the Greenman Brothers, George, Clark and Thomas. They built 97 vessels between 1837 and 1878. The shipyard was located at Adams Point in the Greenmanville section of Mystic, a site that is now part of Mystic Seaport. In ink on reverse: "New London/ Harbor/ #9/ New London/ Railroad Ferry to Groton/William F. Sauter/ New London, Conn." Photo attributed to Giles Bishop. Date based on vessel chronology and stereograph format. Albumen prints mounted on yellow card.
Date created	[between 1861 and 1882]
Physical format	1 photograph : stereograph ; 3 1/4 x 6 3/4 in.
Digital format	image/jpeg
Identifier	Accession number: 1984.10.1 File name: IMG0065-4773.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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