EMMA C. BERRY (Fishing Sloop)

Greenmanville Ave., Mystic, Connecticut. County/parish: New London.

Added to the National Register of Historic Places October 12, 1994. NRIS 94001649.

1 contributing structure.

Also known as:

  • See also:Mystic River Historic District

From Wikipedia:

Emma C. Berry (sloop)

Emma C. Berry is a fishing sloop located at the Mystic Seaport Museum in Mystic, Connecticut, United States, and one of the oldest surviving commercial vessels in America. She is the last known surviving American well smack. This type of boat is also termed a sloop smack or Noank smack. The Noank design was imitated in other regions of the United States.

Emma C. Berry was built in 1866 at the Palmer Shipyards in Noank, Connecticut by James A. Latham. The boat was named for Captain John Henry Berry's daughter. In 1886 she was rigged as a schooner, and in 1916 a gasoline engine was added. She was restored in 1931 to her original condition. She was declared a National Historic Landmark in 1994.

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National Park Service documentation: https://catalog.archives.gov/id/132353685

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