Fred Bodin Submits-
This iconic smokestack is being slowly taken down, in anticipation of a
housing development planned for the site. It’s scary to see how high up these workers are as they attack the masonry. The "Tool" closed in 1987 after almost a century of manufacturing drop-forged metal tools. Sailors will miss the navigational marker, but now we have GPS and cell phones. The black ring marked the very top of the tower. In the foreground is Pigeon Cove Harbor.
These workers have been working hard with powerful and noisy equipment, and this is how far they got. Implosion is not an option because of nearby homes, boats, cars, and its proximity to Route 127, the major and only road that circumnavigates this island of Cape Ann.
I’ll report on this project as things change, including the mandated public access to the shoreline and water.
Fred
Good Morning Gloucester 
Great shots Fred ~ and early Happy Birthday in case I don’t make your Mug UP ~ happy day!
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Aside from GONE! The good news is that the babies of the Red-Tails nesting atop the stack fledged! Great Bye-Bye shots, Fred.
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I will always remember the loud Bang Bang of the Big drop forges inside while driving by.
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