Thames River, looking west from Groton shore toward New London and the railroad bridge

Metadata

Handle

http://hdl.handle.net/11134/70002:4718

Persons

Creator (cre): Scholfield, E. A. (Everett Augustus), 1843-1930

Title

Thames River, looking west from Groton shore toward New London and the railroad bridge

Supplied	yes

Origin Information

Date Created	1889 to 1910

Parent Item

Mystic Seaport Museum

Connecticut History Illustrated

Resource Type

Still image

Digital Origin

reformatted digital

Description

View of the Thames River and New London, looking west from the Groton shore. The railroad bridge can be seen on the right. Several steamers and a Groton-New London ferry, can be seen in the river. Houses and other structures on the Groton side are visible in the foreground.

Genre

Subject

Geographic Subject

Extent

Source extent: 1 photograph : gelatin glass negative ; 5 x 8 in.

Held By

Mystic Seaport Museum

Use and Reproduction

Note

Note Type	source note
Note	Scholfield Collection

Note Type	local
Note	theme: Environment

Note Type	local
Note	theme: Infrastructure

Note

Title supplied by cataloger. The Thames River railroad bridge opened in October 1889. The ferry is identified as possibly the Uncas. There were two such vessels. The first was built by Hill & Grinnell, Mystic, 1872, but had been renamed the Oneco in 1878 and spent her later years in New York. The second Uncas was built circa 1891. Taken by Everett A. Scholfield, a professional photographer who worked primarily in Mystic and New London from 1865-1913.

Local Identifier

Accession number: 1977.92.57

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Thames River, looking west from Groton shore toward New London and the railroad bridge

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