Tag: Eastern Point

Cynthia Hill Shows Off Some of Her First Photos From The Sony I Recommended For Her

Posted on by Joey Ciaramitaro

Cynthia writes-

Thanks to Joey……

Love it, still haven’t a clue but will have fun learning…

Please see attached – shooting directly into the sun shows the curvature of the earth! How cool is that? Great of David as well!!!

Yeah I know it was on panoramic…couldn’t get rid of it!

Thank you so much.

xoxoxo~Cynthia

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Here’s the camera I recommended for her-

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The price has come down some.  I paid $359 for mine two months ago.

Here’s my recommended camera list-

GMG Tech Talk- Revising My Recommended Camera List

Sundown, Moonrise, and Sunup Eastern Point Gloucester Video From Kim Smith

Posted on by Joey Ciaramitaro

 

Kim writes-

Looking for butterflies on Eastern Point and videotaping the sun setting as the moon was rising. I passed Niles Pond on the drive home and stopped to admire the moonglow over the water. The following dawn brought flaming red skies, a cygnet plaintively searching for its family, and a startlingly large (at least 2 feet in height) Black-crowned Night Heron. Quawking loudly as the sun began to rise, there was a half dozen more roosting in a nearby tree.

Check out Kim’s Blog Here- Kim Smith Designs

The Ramparts, Commodore Rouse, and the Schooner Niagara

Posted on by Sharon

The Ramparts, Eastern Point, circa 1900 Anonymous/ @Fredrik D. Bodin

 Schooner Niagara, Eastern Point, circa 1898 Phelps/ @Fredrik D. Bodin

The Ramparts was built in 1896 on Eastern Point (Gloucester, MA) by Commodore Henry Rouse of Cleveland. Rouse was a railroad tycoon and commodore of the Seawanhaka-Corinthian Yacht Club of New York. In 1898, Rouse was visited by financier Howard Gould, the ninth richest man in America, on his Schooner Niagara. In the photo, Niagara sails off Eastern Point, with The Ramparts visible between the jib and the bowsprit. Ladies and gentlemen enjoy the outing, probably with Rouse aboard, and the man with the top hat just aft of the mainmast likely robber baron Gould himself.
Printed archivally from a scan of the original. Image # AD07-002 (Ramparts) and AD07-001 (Niagara)

Fred  Bodin
Bodin Historic Photo
82 Main Street
Gloucester, MA 01930



So You Say You Know Gloucester? From Adam Bolonsky

Posted on by Joey Ciaramitaro

Adam writes-

Here’s a quiz for all you locals out there in GMG land. 

Can you read the navigation codes for the south lighthouse at Thachers Island off Rockport, the lighthouse at Eastern Point, and the light at the end of the Dogbar at the entrance to outer Gloucester Habor?

Here are the codes, taken from the images below:

1. Thacher’s Island south light:  FL R 5s 166ft 17m

2. Eastern Point lighthouse: FL 5s 57ft 20M

3. Dogbar light and horn: Oc R 4s 45ft 6M

First reader to give the correct answers gets to accompany Joey  "Baitmaker" Ciaramitaro on his next trip out of town to chop up yet another counterfeit lobster roll maker into tuna chum.

(By the way, you can download NOAA’s printable pdf navatigation chart of Rockport and Gloucester inshore waters for $2.75 at NOAA 13279)

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Dropping Moorings Photo From Bill O’Connor

Posted on by Joey Ciaramitaro

Hey Joe,

These guys were steaming around the outer harbor a few weeks ago dropping moorings.  They were pretty busy all afternoon, and were hitting spots between Rocky Neck and the breakwater. I’ve never seen this rig before, have you?

Thanks,

~Bill O’Connor
North Shore Kid

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Inside Eastern Point Light House Tour

Posted on by Joey Ciaramitaro

Thanks To Dani For Giving Us The Tour

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Here’s the Generator That Runs The Beacon In Case Of Loss Of Electricity-

Inside Eastern Point Light House Tour

Posted on by Joey Ciaramitaro

Friend of The Blog Dani Lubbers Brings Us all the way to the top of Eastern Point Light House- All This Week!

See this window?

Here it is on the outside-

More info on the Gate Lodge on Niles Beach

Posted on by Sharon

Kim Smith sent this postcard with this note: “Can you please forward this image to Sharon for her Wood and Stone posting–no additional information on the back of the postcard. I thought she, and Deb also, might like to see an earlier incarnation of the Gate Lodge on Eastern Point.”

And a couple of  responses to my Wood and Stone post last week-

deb clarke says:

It’s the old gate house to the Niles Farm. one of Joe Garland’s books has the history to it.

I used to help Ida Tarbox (she used to live there) with her gardening years and years ago. we would bake soil in her oven for transplanting the house plants and have sherry in her sun room on sunday afternoons.

Shelagh says:

Read Joe Garland’s book about Eastern Point. The Gatehouse was built in 1888 by Eastern Point Associates, who bought Niles farm land and planned to build a big estate on Eastern Point. See the EPA logo and date 1888 on the stone arch above the (now) garage.

Thank you for the interesting information!       ~Sharon


Sea Smoke At Eastern Point Photo From Nick Villa

Posted on by Joey Ciaramitaro

Morning Joey,
Here is a picture near Niles Beach from Eastern Point Road this morning. Steam rising off of the harbor, air temp – 5 degrees.
Nick

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