Bridgeport sea wall

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Creator: Merritt-Chapman &amp (Creator)
Scott Corporation (Creator)
Content From: Mystic Seaport
Description: Aerial view of Bridgeport sea wall taken on June 1, 1920. Handwritten on photo, lower right: "BRIDGEPORT SEA WALL/JUNE 1, 1920".
Note: Title supplied by cataloger. This may have been taken from a zeppelin, and possibly documents the Seaside Park bathing beach sea wall probably constructed by one of the companies that merged to form Merritt-Chapman & Scott in 1922. Merritt-Chapman & Scott Corporation is a marine engineering, construction and salvage firm formed in 1922 when Merritt & Chapman Derrick & Wrecking Company merged with T.A. Scott Company of New London.
Date: 1920
Place: Bridgeport (Conn.)
Bridgeport Harbor (Conn.)
Topic: Harbors
Sea-walls
Genre: photographs
Physical Description: Source extent: 1 photograph : glass negative ; 5 x 7 in.
Rights: Copyright restrictions applying to use or reproduction of this image are available from Mystic Seaport.
Identifier: Accession number: 1964.660.3015
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Link: http://hdl.handle.net/11134/70002:4454

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