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Capt John on his Great Loop boat. John C. Wright is an American author and pioneer of America's Great Loop. Best known in the trades as Capt. John. His first documented voyage around the Loop was completed in 1971. He is best known for his books, articles and public speaking engagements about living aboard and cruising America's Great Loop.
The Great Loop is a system of waterways that encompasses the eastern portion of the United States and part of Canada. It is made up of both natural and man-made waterways, including the Atlantic and Gulf Intracoastal Waterways , the Great Lakes , the Erie Canal , and the Mississippi and Tennessee-Tombigbee Waterway . [ 1 ]
This railway is vital for those cruising the 6,000-mile (9,700 km) Great Loop route. History. In 1914, contracts were let to have 3 locks built to connect the Severn ...
The Upton Street Railway was absorbed in 1902 and named the 'Electric Loop' or 'Upton Loop'. Passenger service on this loop and the main line was provided by cars leased from the Milford and Uxbridge Street Railway. In November 1894 William F. Draper of the Draper Company was appointed to the Board of Directors. The Draper Company eventually ...
Route 9 begins in the western Massachusetts city of Pittsfield, at U.S. Route 20.After separating from US-20, it has a brief (.2 mile) concurrency with U.S. Route 7 through the center of that city, then continues east, passing through the towns of Dalton and Windsor, wherein the route reaches its highest point at 2033 ft, in Berkshire County.
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Route 23 is an east–west route in the western Massachusetts counties of Berkshire and Hampden.The entire route is 38.43 miles (61.85 km). Most of the road, approximately 31.2 miles (50.2 km), follows the Knox Trail, the historic route of General Henry Knox took to bring cannon from Fort Ticonderoga on Lake Champlain in New York to aid in ending the Siege of Boston in the winter of 1775–76. [2]
The intersection of Route 53 with Route 228 on the Hingham–Norwell town line is known as Queen Anne's Corner or historically Queen Ann's Corner and the nearby section of Route 53 has also been known as Queen Anne's (or Ann's) Turnpike.