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historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM26BT_eastern-point-lighthouse-fog-bell_Gloucester-MA.html
This bell was used
as the fog signal at
Eastern Point Light House
from June 1933 to Dec 1969
Cast in Chelsea, MA.
gold dust was sprinkled
in the mold in order to
obtain the right tone.
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM26BJ_charles-heberle_Gloucester-MA.html
Charles Heberle (1862-1956) was sent at age 13 from Virginia to Essex, where for three years he was indentured to the Essex Tannery. Once free, he worked nearby for a dairy farmer, Caleb Cogswell.
Soon, Heberle chose waterfront over farm and sho…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM26BG_salting-fish_Gloucester-MA.html
"In Its heyday as a salt fish producer; Gorton's... kept dozens of wharves and acres of flake yards busy with the unloading, filleting, salting, drying, boning, cutting, grinding, smoking, boxing, packaging, and canning of the millions upon m…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM26BD_dogtown-babson-builders_Gloucester-MA.html
Born on Middle Street, business theorist and investor Roger Babson hired unemployed stone cutters to inscribe more than two-dozen boulders during the Depression. He hoped that words such as "industry," "initiative," and "integrity" would inspire p…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM26B8_rocky-neck_Gloucester-MA.html
"There were no galleries in those days and no one ever expected to sell a picture, so you weren't interested in making it. You were only interested in actually being a good artist... And, of course, you didn't need as much money. I remember w…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM26B5_solomon-jacobs-landing-park_Gloucester-MA.html
"King of the Mackerel Killers"
Solomon Jacobs Landing & Park were named for Captain Solomon Jacobs, who fished in the early 1900s.
A native of Newfoundland, he was known as the "King of the Mackerel Killers" for his ability to land huge catch…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM26B4_captain-alfred-centennial-johnson_Gloucester-MA.html
The first man to sail single
handed from west to east
across the Atlantic Ocean.
A typical Banks dory decked
over, christened Centennial to
commemorate the first centennial
of the founding of the
United States, 1776 - 1876
His first…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM26B3_captain-howard-blackburn_Gloucester-MA.html
Citizen of Gloucester,
crossed the Atlantic twice,
alone, without any fingers
or toes and part of one foot
missing, all frozen in an
accident at sea.
On June 18, 1899, sailed from
Gloucester, Mass. To
Gloucester, England, on the
thirty…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM26AW_samuel-sawyer_Gloucester-MA.html
Samuel Sawyer was a great Gloucester philanthropist. A very successful ship owner and merchant, Mr. Sawyer donated Gloucester's City Hall clock and bell. He bought up woodlots to preserve the 600-acre Ravenswood Park. He founded the City's first f…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM26A4_cape-ann-granite_Gloucester-MA.html
Cape Ann lies on an outcropping composed of 450 million-year-old granite polished by glaciers. This particularly dense stone was prized for building monuments, forts, and piers. Blocks of Cape Ann granite were used to build Gloucester's Dale Avenu…