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  2. Whaling - Wikipedia

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    To the left, the black-hulled whaling ships. To the right, the red-hulled whale-watching ship. Iceland, 2011. Number of whales killed since 1900. Whaling is the hunting of whales for their usable products such as meat and blubber, which can be turned into a type of oil that was important in the Industrial Revolution.

  3. Charles W. Morgan (ship) - Wikipedia

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    Charles W. Morgan 2022 in Mystic. Charles W. Morgan (often referred to simply as "the Morgan") was a whaling ship named for owner Charles Waln Morgan (1796–1861). He was a Philadelphian by birth; he moved to New Bedford, Massachusetts in 1818 and invested in several whalers over his career. [8]

  4. Essex (whaleship) - Wikipedia

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    On the leeward side of Essex, Chase's whaleboat harpooned a whale, but its tail struck the boat and opened up a seam, forcing the crew to cut the harpoon line and return to Essex for repairs. Two miles away off the windward side, Pollard's and Joy's boats each harpooned a whale and were dragged towards the horizon away from Essex. [19]

  5. Sperm oil - Wikipedia

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    In 1972, the sperm whale was listed as an Endangered Species. The following year, the US Congress amended the Endangered Species Act, outlawing the killing of whales and the use of their oil. [ 25 ] The loss of sperm oil had a profound impact in the automotive industry, [ 26 ] where for example, transmission failures rose from under 1 million ...

  6. History of whaling - Wikipedia

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    A View of Whale Fishery, 1790, from Captain Cook's voyages. Britain's involvement in whaling extended from 1611 to the 1960s and had three phases. The Northern (or Arctic) whale fishery lasted from 1611 to 1914 and involved whaling primarily off Greenland, and particularly the Davis Strait. The Southern (or South Seas) whale fishery was active ...

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  8. List of White Pass and Yukon Route locomotives and cars ...

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    Offered for sale in 2022. 100 General Electric Co. 990 hp (740 kW) C-C: May 1966 35792 Originally, GE pattern GEX3341 [71] with Alco 6-251B prime mover. Purchased new. Shipped out for rebuild in 2013, however the rebuild was never completed and the locomotive was scrapped for parts in 2015. Prime mover rebuilt and installed in Loco #101 in 2015 ...

  9. Whale - Wikipedia

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    While nursing in the vertical position, a mother whale may sometimes rest with her tail flukes remaining stationary above the water. This position with the flukes above the water is known as "whale-tail-sailing." Not all whale-tail-sailing includes nursing of the young, as whales have also been observed tail-sailing while no calves were present ...

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