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Title
Mianus
Motor
Works
.
Place
Mianus (Conn.)
Mianus River (Conn.)
Topic
Marine engines
Industrial buildings
Factories
Topic-Organization, Vessel
Mianus Motor Works
Theme
Environment
Infrastructure
Livelihood
Description
View
of a
wood
factory
building
on the
banks
of a
river
. The
building
has a
number
of
windows
, a
pitched
roof
and
short
steeple
or
cupola
.
Signs
painted
on the
gable
side
facing
the
water
and on the
roof
read
: "
GASOLINE/ENGINES
AND
LAUNCHES./MIANUS
MOTOR
WORKS.
" and "
MIANUS
MOTOR
WORKS
". A
boat
can
be
seen
in the
water
in the
foreground
.
Handwritten
on the
back
: "
Mianus
Motor
Works
where
my
Dad
(E.M
.
Purdy)
was
superintendent
when
I
was a
little
girl
.
Located
on
left
side
of
Mianus
Bridge
of
95
throughway
going
toward
New
York
.
Loreena
Naylor
"
Notes
Title
supplied
by
cataloger
.
Location
with
respect
to
Interstate
95
indicated
in the
note
on the
back
is
possibly
an
error
.
Other
sources
place
the
factory
site
a
quarter
mile
north
of
I-95
and
identify
the
road
referred
to as
US
Route
1
.
Mianus
Motor
Works
manufactured
gasoline
engines
for
boats
,
specializing
in
fitting
auxiliary
motors
to
yachts
, but also
supplying
engines
for
working
boats
. The
company
is
listed
as
located
in
Stamford
from
1911
on. In
1919
it
became
the
Mianus
Diesel
Engine
Co
.,
manufacturing
diesel
engines
for
various
types
of
vessels
. The
factory
location
was then
39
McGee
Avenue
,
Stamford
.
Date created
[between
1895
and
1911]
Physical format
1
photograph
:
albumen
print
;
4
3/4
x
6
3/4
in.
Digital format
image/jpeg
Identifier
Accession
number
:
1991.179.3
File
name
:
IMG0096-4206.PCD
Source
Mystic
Seaport
.
Rights
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restrictions
applying
to
use
or
reproduction
of this
image
are
available
from
Mystic
Seaport
.
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