Beacon marking entrance to New London harbor, CT, before 1909

panoramic gelatin silver print

PHOTOGRAPHS
Merritt-Chapman & Scott Corporation
USA, CT, New London
before 1909
paper
2-1/8 x 6-7/8 in.

Panoramic gelatin silver print mounted on ledger paper in photograph album 2008.28.10 of Merritt-Chapman & Scott Corporation salvage operations; handwritten on ledger page "Beacon / S.W. Ledge / before lighthouse was built"; beacon marking entrance to New London, CT, harbor, before New London Ledge Light (Conn.) was built (originally named South West Ledge Light, completed 1909, by T.A. Scott Company); see related photographs 2008.28.10.511-520.

2008.28.10.511