Browse Exhibits (5 total)

Bringing the Ships to New London: A Tale of Two Piers

An exhibition about the origins and history of the Connecticut State Pier and the Central Vermont Railway Pier in New London, Connecticut. Best viewed in Full Screen mode.

Please use the chapter headings in the sidebar to navigate the chronology.

---Brian Rogers, Online Exhibits Librarian

Admiral Harold Shear, Central Vermont Railway Pier, East New London, Gregory Stone, Historic American Engineering Record, John Winthrop Jr, New London, New London Connecticut, New London Northern Railroad, Offshore wind industry, State Pier, Thames River New London, The Day paper New London, Waldo E. Clark

Remembering Ellery Thompson: Fisherman, Writer, Artist, Free Spirit

An exhibition of the life and times of Ellery Franklin Thompson (1899-1986), whose writings, published and unpublished, provide first-hand glimpses into the maritime history of southeastern Connecticut.

Brian Rogers, Online Exhibitions Librarian, April, 2020

Chapters about publication of Draggerman's Haul updated in 2023 to reflect correspondence donated by the Calhoun family.

Arethusa, Bernard Gordon, Block Island, Book & Tackle Shop, Come Aboard the Draggers, Custom House Maritime Museum, Daniel Merriman, Draggerman's Haul, Draggerman's Loot, Ellery Thompson, Ellery Thompson New Yorker magazine, fisherman, Fishers Island, Fort Rachel, Groton Connecticut, John Cleary, Joseph Mitchell, L. A. Dunton schooner, Larchmont steamboat, Long Island Sound, Morgan McGinley, Mystic Connecticut, Mystic Seaport, New London Connecticut, paintings, Prohibition, Stephen Jones, Stonington Connecticut, Thames River New London, The Day New London, Trawling, William McCoy, Yale fishery biologists

Down to the Shore: By Steamboat from Norwich to Block Island and Back

A memoir by Gerard E. Jensen (1884-1970) of his boyhood trips at the turn of the 19th century aboard scheduled steamboats connecting Norwich, Connecticut, and Block Island, Rhode Island, with stops at Montville, New London, Stonington, and Watch Hill.

Originally published in the Fall, 1967, issue of Steamboat Bill, the Journal of the Steamship Historical Society of America. Reprinted with permission.

Illustrated with images from the original article and vintage postcards from the collection of the Frank L. McGuire Maritime Library.

Edited by Brian Rogers, Online Exhibits Librarian

Block Island Rhode Island, Ella steamboat, Gerard E. Jensen, Gypsy steamboat, Long Island Sound, New London Connecticut, New London Steamboat Co. Block Island steamboat, Norwich Connecticut, Steamboat Bill magazine, Steamship Historical Society, Thames River Connecticut

New London and the First Steam-Powered Atlantic Crossing

An exhibit about New London's unique relationship with the SS Savannah and her pioneering transatlantic voyage in 1819 under Captain Moses Rogers and First Mate Stevens Rogers.

We gratefully acknowledge the support and advice of John Laurence Busch in the preparation of this exhibit.

---Brian Rogers, Online Exhibits Librarian

(Click on the first chapter title, top left, to start paging through the exhibit. Titles also display at the foot of each page for easy navigation.)

Arendal Norway, Fickett & Crockett, Frances M. Caulkins, Frank O. Braynard, Howard Chapelle, Jean-Baptiste Marestier, John Laurence Busch, John Stevens, Kronstadt Russia, Liverpool England, Lord Lynedoch, Moses Rogers, N.S. Savannah, National Maritime Day, New London Connecticut, Robert Fulton, S.S. Savannah, Savannah Georgia, St. Petersburg Russia, Steam Coffin, Stevens Rogers, The Elegant Steam Ship, William Scarbrough

Old Ironsides - New London

Photographs, documents, and other resources which tell the story of the New London Custom House's connection to America's oldest commissioned warship, USS Constitution.

by Rebecca Parmer

Cmdr Louis J. Gulliver, Isaac Hull, National Cruise 1931, Naval Documents of the American Revolution, New London Connecticut, Old Ironsides, Rebecca Parmer, US Custom House New London Connecticut, USS Constitution, USS Grebe