National Historic Landmark · steamboat · Mystic, Connecticut

Sabino (steamer)

Small wooden steamboat built in 1908 in Mystic, Connecticut. Built 1908. Added to the National Register in 1992, and a National Historic Landmark.

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What it is

Wikipedia · Sabino (steamer)

Sabino is a small wooden, coal-fired steamboat built in 1908 and located at the Mystic Seaport Museum in Mystic, Connecticut. It is one of only two surviving members of the American mosquito fleet, and it was declared a National Historic Landmark in 1992. It is America's oldest regularly operating coal-powered steamboat.

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The record

National Register of Historic Places
Property typeStructure
AddressMystic Seaport Museum, Mystic, CT
CountyNew London County
ListedOct 5, 1992
Reference number92001887
Built1908
Type of placesteamboat
DesignationsNational Historic Landmark, National Register of Historic Places contributing property
Contributing resources1 structures
StandingYes

The nomination form, the document that argues why this place matters, is in the National Archives: Read the nomination ↗

Visiting

Open to the public
AddressMystic Seaport Museum, Mystic, CT
Coordinates41.36039, -71.96511 · Directions ↗
Nearest national park unitTouro Synagogue National Historic Site · 35 mi · on Park Atlas
This one you can go inside. Hours and admission change with the season; the website above has the current schedule.

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Why you would stay

Reference

Exists because it is true

Sources

Location, dates, type and contributing counts come from the National Park Service's National Register spatial data. Construction date, architect, style, photograph and encyclopedia link come from Wikidata and Wikimedia Commons, matched on reference number 92001887. Nothing here is transcribed by hand. The description under "What it is" is the opening of the Wikipedia article, CC BY-SA.