Thames River railroad bridge

Metadata

Handle

http://hdl.handle.net/11134/70002:4844

Persons

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

Title

Thames River railroad bridge

Supplied	yes

Origin Information

Date Created	1889 (year approximate)

Parent Item

Mystic Seaport Museum

Connecticut History Illustrated

Resource Type

Still image

Digital Origin

reformatted digital

Description

View of the railroad bridge on the Thames River between New London and Groton. A number of people are visible on the center draw span, which is in open position. Lumber litters the ground in the foreground, and a telegraph pole can be seen on the left.

Genre

Subject

Geographic Subject

Extent

Source extent: 1 photograph : glass negative ; 5 x 7 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. Probably photographed by Everett A. Scholfield, possibly near the end of construction. Scholfield was a professional photographer who worked primarily in Mystic and New London from 1865-1913. Built by the Stonington Railroad (later absorbed by the New York, New Haven and Hartford Railroad), the bridge officially opened October 10, 1889. The span cost 1.6 million dollars and replaced the railroad ferries from New London to Groton with an all-rail route. This span was replaced in 1918 to accommodate heavier 20th century locomotive.

Local Identifier

Accession number: 1983.77.11

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