Whaling's Final Days - New Bedford, MA
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N 41° 38.026 W 070° 55.271
19T E 339979 N 4610898
By 1924, the whaling industry in the United States was all but over.
Waymark Code: WMMX1P
Location: Massachusetts, United States
Date Posted: 11/17/2014
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This sign posted by the New Bedford Whaling National Historical Park begins with a 1962 quote by Morris Sederholm, a former whaler about the rapid decline in profits in the whaling industry.
Then informs us:
"By 1924, the whaling industry had returned to the
grounds of its infancy - - the Southern Atlantic -- and only
a few ships and barks remained in the trade. Schooners
often shipped from this portwith skeleton crews and
recruited men in Cape Verde and the Caribbean Islands...
In August 1925, the schooner John R. Manta returned
here with only 300 barrels of sperm oil.... the end of whaling
from this port.
Group that erected the marker: New Bedford Whaling National Historical Park
Address of where the marker is located. Approximate if necessary:
on the waterfront
New Bedford, MA USA
URL of a web site with more information about the history mentioned on the sign: Not listed
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