Captain Scott's Lobster Dock
Title
Captain Scott's Lobster Dock
Description
Information from Susan Tierney, co-owner:
Captain Scott's Lobster Dock was started in 1996 in its current location. My brothers, Tom and Scott Eshenfelder were commercial fisherman looking for space to house a lobster holding facility. We entered into a Lease with the New London Redevelopment Agency in 1994, I included a picture of what the site looked like at that time ( I believe the city actually took this property through eminent domain from the ferry company in 1960s). T.A. Scott Fisheries was the first business to start here. A lobster holding facility where we bought lobsters from local fisherman and sold them to restaurants and grocery stores. We soon discovered that this would be a pretty unique location for an outdoor restaurant. Captain Scott's is named after our great great great Grandfather, T.A.Scott, who had a marine salvage business here in New London on Pequot Ave. back in the late 1800s.
Captain Scott's Lobster Dock was started in 1996 in its current location. My brothers, Tom and Scott Eshenfelder were commercial fisherman looking for space to house a lobster holding facility. We entered into a Lease with the New London Redevelopment Agency in 1994, I included a picture of what the site looked like at that time ( I believe the city actually took this property through eminent domain from the ferry company in 1960s). T.A. Scott Fisheries was the first business to start here. A lobster holding facility where we bought lobsters from local fisherman and sold them to restaurants and grocery stores. We soon discovered that this would be a pretty unique location for an outdoor restaurant. Captain Scott's is named after our great great great Grandfather, T.A.Scott, who had a marine salvage business here in New London on Pequot Ave. back in the late 1800s.
Creator
Eva Brydson
Collection Items
Captain Scott’s Lobster Dock Site
Captain Scott’s Lobster Dock was once the rundown lot seen in this photograph until it was turned into T.A. Scott Fisheries, a lobster holding facility, by commercial fishermen Tom and Scott Eshenfelder in 1994.