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historicalmarkerproject/markers/HMAWW_whites-factory_Acushnet-MA.html
A mill dam was first built on this site in 1746. About 1799, William White, Sr. built a stone water-powered cotton mill for himself and three of his sons, Phineas, William and Benjamin. That mill, one of the earliest in the country, burned down ar…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HME1_whalemans-memorial_New-Bedford-MA.html
"A Dead Whale or a Stove Boat" (inscription on back) In honor of the whalemen whose skill, hardihood and daring brought fame and fortune to New Bedford and made its name known to every seaport on the globe. · Gift of W.W. Crapo · …
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HMDS_prince-henry-the-navigator-of-portugal_Fall-River-MA.html
1394 - 1460. His explorations and scientific accomplishments dispelled the legend of the tenebrous sea, beaconed the ocean route to India and opened the gateway of the Atlantic to the American continent. · This monument in his honor ma…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HMDR_lewis-temple_New-Bedford-MA.html
Born in Richmond, Virginia, in 1800, Lewis Temple established himself as a blacksmith on the New Bedford waterfront by 1836. Temple manufactured his first toggle-iron in 1848. Its fastening power revolutionized the catching of whales. The inven…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HMDQ_frederick-douglass_New-Bedford-MA.html
1818-1895 "For my part, I should prefer death to hopeless bondage."New Bedford 1838-1841.
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HMDP_commonwealth-of-toil_New-Bedford-MA.html
Longshoremen's Union. On this site in 1936, Cape Verdean and Portuguese dockworkers formed Locals 1413 and 1465 of the International Longshoremen's Association (ILA). Prior to organizing, these dockworkers were chosen daily, based only on their ph…
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