1884-07-04
GUSN-276678
Shadow was a wooden centerboard sloop designed and built by Herreshoff in 1871 for Dr. Edward R. Sisson as building no. #187106es. For many years she was one of the most famous and successful racing yachts of her time. She ended her life abandoned in Chelsea, MA and burned on April 12, 1908. LOA 36-6ft. LWL 33-10ft. Beam 14-4ft.
See also: Henry Peabody R.A.Y. #71, p. 18
yachts
sloops (sailing vessels)
photographs
Stebbins negative 336
1 photograph
PC047
Nathaniel L. Stebbins photographic collection
PC047.02.0140.00336
Stebbins, N. L. (Nathaniel Livermore), 1847-1922 (Photographer)
photographs
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Howland, Llewellyn, III. (2002). The New Bedford Yacht Club. South Dartmouth, MA: p. 17.
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