Newport, RI's
Friends of the Waterfront
Resource Inventory
Wilfred E. Warren Photo Collection
Seamens' Church Institute of Newport Archives


     Captain Warren, in addition to being a noted marine photographer and historian, was also an author of maritime books and publications. His 1979 book SW1/4W, a Short History of Transportation on Narragansett Bay and Its Environs, is being considered for an additional printing in 1997.
     These photographs are the property of the Seamen's Church Institute and may not be used elsewhere without permission. Copyright, 1997, Seamen's Church Institute, 18 Market Square, Newport, RI 02840.

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Newport: Various Sites
Government and Ferry Landing, from land, 1966
Government/Ferry Landing, from water, 1966
Newport waterfront from Trinity to St. Mary's, 1905?
Government Landing, 1929
Market Square, Rt. 138, looking east from ferry landing, 1936
New York Yacht Club Station, Sayer's Wharf, 1901
Navy Ships off Battery Park, 1928?
Goat Island, 1905?
Green Light at the north end of Goat Island, 1927
View from Government Landing directly east up Church St., 1958
Gull Rock Light, 1930
Rose Island during the 1938 Hurricane
Rose Island Tower, view from south/east, 1938
Rose Island Tower, view from north/east, 1938
Bowen's Wharf, 1939
Tallman and Mack Trap Co., Spring Wharf, 1935

Long Wharf
Fishing boats docked along Long Wharf, 1928
Winter storm ices Long Wharf, 1934
Priscilla and Plymouth at Long Wharf, 1936
Newport waterfront from Trinity to St. Mary's, 1905?
City Yard on Long Wharf, 1920?
Railway depot, 1919
View of the inner harbor from Long Wharf, 1928?
Steamers at Long Wharf, 1937

Point Section
72 Washington St., view from water,
with driftway, 1930s
72 Washington St., view from the street
with 3 mast ship moored offshore, 1920s
72 Washington St., view from St. John's tower, 1928
Elm St. Pier and driftway, 1928
Poplar St. driftway, 1929
Poplar St. driftway, 1932
Poplar St. driftway, 1931
View of Coasters Harbor Island
from St. John's tower, 1928
View of north end of Goat Island
from Willow St. driftway, 1929

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