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Essex National Heritage Area
8/8/2005 Drove up to Gloucester to check out the Maritime Heritage Center, part of the Essex National
Heritage Area. Saw a small maritime museum and small aquarium, then walked out on the pier for really nice views, seeing all
kinds of boats and the boat railway (dry dock area with a restored boat in progress). From there to Cape Pond Ice for a
“cool” tour of the ice making company. Saw the huge blocks they make for ice carving, as well as the small ice production.
Outside saw the ice loading area where they put tons of ice on boats like the Andrea Gail from The Perfect Storm (Cape Pond
Ice was in the movie). Continued on a short ways to the main promenade with the Fisherman statue and memorial (including the
Perfect Storm men). Got a hot dog to eat by the harbor, then on the road to Essex. Stopped at the Shipbuilding Museum where
we saw a film from 60 years ago on Essex and wooden ship building, then took a walking tour with an excellent guide of the
ship yards and nearby model museum.
The Maritime Center sign and me
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Boat restoration ...
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... and details
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The ice house sign
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Ken feeling cool
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The Gloucester Fisherman
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Shipbuilding Museum Heritage Area sign
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Gloucester Memorial
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The Shipbuilding Museum
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Boat under restoration
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6/13/2021 Lowell’s Boat Shop NHL (Amesbury). Also in the Essex NHA. Considered to be the birthplace of the legendary
New England fishing dory, later further developed into the simplified Banks dory design, a mainstay of New England's fishing fleets.
John Greenleaf Whittier House NHL (Amesbury). Also in the Essex NHA. The 1811 house was the home of the poet and abolitionist from 1836
until his death in 1892.
A wide view of the Boat Shop ...
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... and a little closer
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Boat planter
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A view on the water ...
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... with some of the dories
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A view from the other side
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Me photoing ...
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... the NHL plaque
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The JGW sign
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A front view ...
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... one side ...
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... and the other
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Tough view of the NHL plaque
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