SS NARRAGANSETT Loading Cargo

SS NARRAGANSETT Loading Cargo

SS NARRAGANSETT Loading Cargo

Entry/Object ID

2026.037.030

Description

Photo negative, view of SS NARRAGANSETT loading cargo, undated. The NARRAGANSETT was a passenger paddle steamer that was operated by the Providence & Stonington Steamship Company as part of the New York, Providence & Boston Railroad Co.'s Stonington Line. The vessel was involved with a disastrous collision with it's sister ship, the SS STONINGTON and sunk in Long Island Sound on June 11, 1880.

Collection

Jim Streeter Collection

Acquisition

Accession

2026.037

Source or Donor

Mr. James L. Streeter

Acquisition Method

Donation

Lexicon

Nomenclature 4.0

Nomenclature Secondary Object Term

Negative

Nomenclature Primary Object Term

Photograph

Nomenclature Sub-Class

Graphic Documents

Nomenclature Class

Documentary Objects

Nomenclature Category

Category 08: Communication Objects

Search Terms

SS NARRAGANSETT, New York, Providence & Boston Railroad Company, Providence & Stonington Steamship Company

Provenance

Notes

Donated to the Groton Public Library by Jim Streeter, formerly belonged to Carol Kimball.

Name/Title

SS NARRAGANSETT Loading Cargo