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Title	Ruins of Mystic Iron Works (Oceanic Woolen Co.), Pistol Point, Mystic.
Creator	Scholfield, E. A. (Everett Augustus), 1843-1930.
Place	Pistol Point (Mystic, Conn.) Mystic (Conn.)
Topic	Fires Textile industry Woolen and worsted manufacture Industrial buildings
Topic-Organization, Vessel	Mystic Iron Works Oceanic Woolen Co
Genre	Photographs
Theme	Environment Infrastructure
Description	Ruins of the Oceanic Woolen Co. buildings, formerly the Mystic Iron Works. The boiler and stationary steam engine that powered the plant can be seen on the right. Steam pipes litter the ground. On the Groton side of the river, is the D.O. Richmond boatyard along Water Street. The gambrel roofed shop and the yard contain several small boats.
Notes	Title supplied by cataloger. Mystic Iron Works, 1862-1873, manufactured and fitted engines and boilers for vessels. Its boom period was during and immediately after the Civil War when it fitted and refitted a number of vessels. The company also built one vessel, the iron-hulled screw towboat Montaines. Mystic Iron Works closed in 1868. Oceanic Woolen Co. operated a textile mill there, manufacturing worsted goods, until the July 1875 fire destroyed all the buildings. Silver print for stereograph from Scholfield negative. Everett A. Scholfield was a professional photographer who worked primarily in Mystic and New London from 1865-1913.
Date created	1875.
Physical format	1 photograph : silver print ; 4 1/4 x 7 1/2 in.
Digital format	image/jpeg
Identifier	Accession number: 1977.92.1335 File name: IMG0021-4201.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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