- Emma C. Berry (sloop)
Infobox_nrhp | name = EMMA C. BERRY (Sloop)
nrhp_type =nhl
caption =
location= Greenmanville Avenue,Mystic, Connecticut
lat_degrees = 41
lat_minutes = 21
lat_seconds = 35.22
lat_direction = N
long_degrees = 71
long_minutes = 57
long_seconds = 59.56
long_direction = W
locmapin = Connecticut
area =
built = 1866
architect = James A. Latham
architecture =
designated =October 12 ,1994 cite web|url=http://tps.cr.nps.gov/nhl/detail.cfm?ResourceId=2188&ResourceType=Structure
title = EMMA C. BERRY (Sloop) |accessdate=2007-10-03|work=National Historic Landmark summary listing|publisher=National Park Service]
added =October 12 ,1994 cite web|url=http://www.nr.nps.gov/|title=National Register Information System|date = 2007-01-23|work = National Register of Historic Places|publisher=National Park Service]
governing_body = Private
refnum = 94001649Emma C. Berry is a fishing
sloop located atMystic Seaport inMystic, Connecticut , United States, and one of the oldest surviving commercial vessels in America. [http://www.mysticseaport.org/index.cfm?fuseaction=home.viewPage&page_id=B3EE1230-BA9C-35DE-A1FD1A5E4216190D Emma C. Berry at Mystic Seaport] ] It is the last known surviving American smack. This type of boat is also termed a sloop smack or Noank smack. The Berry was built in 1866 at the Palmer Shipyards inNoank, Connecticut by James A. Latham. Smacks were designed to keep the catch alive in an internal water-filled compartment known as a wet well. Seawater circulated through large holes in the bottom planking. The Noank design was imitated in other regions.citation|title=PDFlink| [http://pdfhost.focus.nps.gov/docs/NHLS/Text/94001649.pdf National Historic Landmark Nomination: Emma C. Berry] |288 KB|date=February 9, 1994 |author=Nancy d'Estang |publisher=National Park Service. PDFlink| [http://pdfhost.focus.nps.gov/docs/NHLS/Photos/94001649.pdf Accompanying 5 photos, from 1868, c.1890, c.1920s, 1988, and 1992.] |804 KB]The boat was named for the Captain John Berry's daughter. It was restored in 1931. The Berry was declared a
National Historic Landmark in 1994.References
External links
* [http://www.mysticseaport.org/index.cfm?fuseaction=home.viewPage&page_id=B3EE1230-BA9C-35DE-A1FD1A5E4216190D Emma C. Berry at Mystic Seaport]
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