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Site of Ship Niantic

SITE OF SHIP NIANTIC     THE EMIGRANT SHIP NIANTIC STOOD ON THISSPOT IN THE EARLY DAYS "WHEN THE WATER CAME UP TO MONTGOMERY STREET." CONVERTED TO OTHER USES, IT WAS COVERED WITH A SHINGLE ROOF...

SITE OF SHIP NIANTIC

    THE EMIGRANT SHIP NIANTIC STOOD ON THIS
SPOT IN THE EARLY DAYS "WHEN THE WATER CAME UP TO 
MONTGOMERY STREET." CONVERTED TO OTHER USES, 
IT WAS COVERED WITH A SHINGLE ROOF WITH OFFICES
AND STORES ON THE DECK, AT THE LEVEL OF WHICH 
WAS CONSTRUCTED A WIDE BALCONY SURMOUNTED BY A 
VERANDAH. THE HULL WAS DIVIDED INTO WAREHOUSES, 
ENTERED BY DOORWAYS ON THE SIDES.

    THE FIRE OF MAY 3, 1851, DESTROYED ALL BUT 
THE SUBMERGED HULK WHICH LATER WAS UTILIZED AS 
THE FOUNDATION FOR THE NIANTIC HOTEL, A FAMOUS 
HOSTELRY WHICH STOOD UNTIL 1872. 

    THIS TABLET WAS PLACED BY THE HISTORIC 
LANDMARKS COMMITTEE OF THE NATIVE SONS OF 
THE GOLDEN WEST, SEPT. 19. 1919.

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