. Picturesque New London and its environs : Grofton, Mystic, Montville, Waterford, at the commencement of the twentieth century. h Main Street. New London. 190 Ipicturesquc 1Rew Uondon. Captain Thomas A. Suott, a fa-mous diver, wrecker and contractor ofNew London,C on n eeticut,was born atSnow Hill, Wor-cester County,Maryland, Aug-ust lOth, 1830,the son of Wil-liam and Eliza-beth Scott. In 1873 hel)ecame a resi-dent of NewLondon, under-taking at thattime a govern-ment contractto build RaceRock Light-house, besidesmany other im-portant con-tracts in wharfand sea-wallconstruction,among whichwas
. Picturesque New London and its environs : Grofton, Mystic, Montville, Waterford, at the commencement of the twentieth century. h Main Street. New London. 190 Ipicturesquc 1Rew Uondon. Captain Thomas A. Suott, a fa-mous diver, wrecker and contractor ofNew London,C on n eeticut,was born atSnow Hill, Wor-cester County,Maryland, Aug-ust lOth, 1830,the son of Wil-liam and Eliza-beth Scott. In 1873 hel)ecame a resi-dent of NewLondon, under-taking at thattime a govern-ment contractto build RaceRock Light-house, besidesmany other im-portant con-tracts in wharfand sea-wallconstruction,among whichwas Pier No. 1,North River, New York. He also en-joys the distinction of Iteing tlie firstman to work on the Brooklyn Bridge,having made all the preliminary exam-inations of the river bottom, andsuperintended tlie work of laying thefoundations ofthe spans. Hiswharf on Pe-(juot avenue ex-tends two hun-dred feet intothe harbor andlias a frontageof two hundredand fifty extensivebusiness re-quires four tugs,five ligliters,two floatingpiledrivers, adredge with five scows, besides pumps,boilers and heavy gear of every CAPTAIN THOMAS A. SCOTT. and a working force of nearly one hun-dred men. Thus his equipment isequal to Scottspresence ofmind, added tohis quickness ofthought andprompt, decisiveaction, makeshim admirablysuccessful in hischosen line ofwork. In poli-tics the Captainis a has servedas Alderman oneterm. On Septem-ber 5, hewas marriedto HarrietWhitbeck, ofPort Jefferson,L. I., a nativeof C a t s k i 11,N. Y. 1 \ 1 i 1 ..ffiH h IT^ 1 -1^1 VIEW OF CAPTAIN SCOTTS DOCK. Captain Scott has a beautifulresidence at 88 Pequot avenue,surrounded by finely laid out andwell kept lawns. It commands afine view of the harbor andFort Trumbull. He also ownsWhite RockIsland, whichis valuablefor its largequantity of ex-c e 11 ent ,Captain Scottis a man oflarge physique,weighing threeh u n d r e dpounds. He isliekl in high re-g
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