Thames River Railroad Ferry

Thames River Railroad Ferry

Name/Title

Thames River Railroad Ferry

Entry/Object ID

2026.040.119

Description

2 black and white reproduction prints, photographs of the Providence and Stonington Railroad ferry across the Thames River at Groton, c. 1889.

Photograph Details

Subject Place

* Untyped Subject Place

Thames Street, Groton, Conn.

Collection

Carol Kimball Collection

Acquisition

Accession

2026.040

Source or Donor

Carol Kimball

Acquisition Method

Transfer

Made/Created

Date made

circa 1889

Lexicon

Nomenclature 4.0

Nomenclature Secondary Object Term

Print, Photographic

Nomenclature Primary Object Term

Photograph

Nomenclature Sub-Class

Graphic Documents

Nomenclature Class

Documentary Objects

Nomenclature Category

Category 08: Communication Objects

Provenance

Notes

Part of a collection of records collected by Carol Kimball during her tenure as the Town of Groton Historian; given to the Groton Historical Society following her death; stored for several years at the Avery Copp Museum; donated to the Groton Public Library 2026

General Notes

Note

Originally in envelope labeled "Rich Malley Curatorial, Providence Stonington RR via Groton Junction." Removed to acid-free envelope.