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Tag: essex boatbuilding

Building a ship in Essex

March 22, 2021December 11, 2022 Gordon Harris2 Comments

By the early 1840s, Essex no longer had its own fishing fleet, but had turned to year-round shipbuilding fostering a symbiotic relationship with the successful fishermen in Gloucester

Posted in Places, VideoTagged 1950, burnham, Essex, essex boatbuilding, ships
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