Title:
'Pop' Lanphear--local steamboat captain
Author:
Carol W. Kimball
Subjects:
Hero, Waterford's "Pop", Horace Lanphear.
Rescue of Narragansett & Stonington steamships.
Steamer, the City of New York.
Rescue of Narragansett & Stonington steamships.
Steamer, the City of New York.
Object ID:
Kim02-098
Object Name:
Scrapbook
Category:
8: Communication Artifact
Subcategory:
Documentary Artifact
Publisher:
The Day
Publication Place:
New London, CT
Pubication Date:
01/19/1989
Collection:
Carol W. Kimball
Summary:
Born in Westerly in 1826, Horace Lanphear, "Pop", went to sea at the age of 10 and retired to his Waterford on his Pleasant View farm in 1888 as one the most respected steamboat captains on Long Island Sound. At three hundred pounds he became a big hero in more ways than one when he, as Captain of the steamer "City of New York" rescued the many victims of the foggy night collision of the Naragansett and Stonington steamships on July 11, 1880.
People:
Lanphear, Horace 'Pop' (Capt.)
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