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The history of ferry service from New Bedford dates back to May 15, 1818, when a steamboat entitled The Eagle carried six hundred passengers across the Nantucket Sound. New Bedford has historically been a major city for whaling and commercial fishing, and remains an important site for the latter to this day.
1855 - New Bedford Five Cents Savings Bank incorporated. [12] 1861 - Fort Rodman aka Fort Taber, built at Clark's Point. [2] 1866; New Bedford Fire Museum. Hathaway & Soule in business. [13] Wamsutta Club founded. Hutchinson's Circulating Library in business. [14] 1867 - Fire Station no.4 built, now houses New Bedford Fire Museum. 1871
United States historic place New Bedford Historic District U.S. National Register of Historic Places U.S. National Historic Landmark District View along North Water Street, 2008 Show map of Massachusetts Show map of the United States Location New Bedford, Massachusetts Coordinates Area 19.6 acres (7.9 ha) Built 1790 Architect Russell Warren, Robert Mills, others Architectural style Greek ...
NEW BEDFORD — The New Bedford Whaling Museum is gearing up to present a series of thought-provoking and diverse exhibits starting Oct. 11.. By the end of 2024, four new collections will be on ...
December 2, 2009 (2-28 Mill Rd., 2-13 Tarkiln Hill Rd. Extends into Acushnet.: 16: Hotel Waverly: Hotel Waverly: January 26, 1990 (1162-1166 Acushnet Ave. 17: Howland Mill Village Historic District
The New Bedford Free Public Library holds significant historical archives of the Black abolitionist community in the history room. There is a plethora of newspapers of the time period preserving ...
Connor E. Gaudet, archivist, at the New Bedford Fishing Heritage Center on Bethel Street in New Bedford. “They donated about 12,000 slides and photos of fishing vessels.
The city of New Bedford began as an agrarian community in the 17th century, and rose in the late 18th century to become the preeminent center of the whaling industry. This focused urban development near its waterfront, an area that is now represented by the New Bedford Historic District, a National Historic Landmark. When whaling began to ...