Picturesque New London and its environs, Groton, Mystic, Montville, Waterford, at the commencement of the twentieth century; notable features of interest .. . New London,Connecticut,was born atSnow Hill, Wor-cester County,Maryland, Aug-ust lOth, son of Wil-liam and Eliza-beth Scott. In 1873 hebecame a resi-dent of N e wLondon, under-taking at thattime a govern-ment contractto build RaceRock Light-house, besidesmany other im-j) o r t a n t c o n -tracts in wharfand sea-wallconstruction,among whichwas Pier No. 1,North River, New York. He also en-joys the distinction of I)eing the firstm
Picturesque New London and its environs, Groton, Mystic, Montville, Waterford, at the commencement of the twentieth century; notable features of interest .. . New London,Connecticut,was born atSnow Hill, Wor-cester County,Maryland, Aug-ust lOth, son of Wil-liam and Eliza-beth Scott. In 1873 hebecame a resi-dent of N e wLondon, under-taking at thattime a govern-ment contractto build RaceRock Light-house, besidesmany other im-j) o r t a n t c o n -tracts in wharfand sea-wallconstruction,among whichwas Pier No. 1,North River, New York. He also en-joys the distinction of I)eing the firstman to work on the Brooklyn made all the preliminary exam-inations of the river bottom, andsuperintended the work of laying thefoundations ofthe spans. Hiswharf on Ie-quot avenue ex-tends two hun-dred feet intothe harbor andhas a frontagreof two hundredand fifty extensive1) u s i n e s s r e -quires four tugs,five lighters,two floatingj)iledrivers, adredge with five scows, besides pumps,boilers and heavy gear of every equal to Scottspresence ofmind, added tohis (juickness ofthou g h t andprompt, decisiveaction, makeshim admirablysuccessful in hischosen line ofwork. In poli-tics the Captainis a has servedas Alderman oneterm. On Septem-ber 5, IBoo, hewas marriedto HarrietWhitbeck, ofPort Jefferson,L. I., a nativeof C a t s k i 1 Y. Captain Scott has a beautifulresidence at 88 Pcquot avenue,surrounded by finely laid out andwell kept lawns. It commands afine view of the harbor andFort Trumbull. He also ownsWhite RockIsland, whichis valuableIor its largequantity of ex-c e 11 ent e rs ona 1 ly ,Captain Scottis a man oflarge physiiiue,weighing threehundredjiounds. He isheld in high re-gard, his portlyframe beingtypical of the generous heart and soulwithin. CAPTAIN THOMAS A. SCOTT VIEW OF CAPTAIN SCOTTS DOCK. liU ^—vjj v:i o \ [picturesque 1Rew Uondon.
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