Tag: gloucester

Gloucester House Explosion

Posted on by Joey Ciaramitaro

 

Gloucester House Explosion, originally uploaded by captjoe06.

Thanks Mike Lindberg for the photos

Gloucester House Explosion

Posted on by Joey Ciaramitaro

 

Gloucester House Explosion, originally uploaded by captjoe06.

Thanks Mike Linberg for the photos

Gloucester House Explosion

Posted on by Joey Ciaramitaro

Thanks Mike Lindberg for the photos

Gloucester House Explosion, originally uploaded by captjoe06.

 

Gloucester House Explosion

Posted on by Joey Ciaramitaro

Thanks Mike Lindberg for the photos

Gloucester House Explosion, originally uploaded by captjoe06.

 

Gloucester Fishing Boat Slide Show

Posted on by Joey Ciaramitaro

Click The Picture To View The Gloucester Working Boat Slide Show

Razzo, originally uploaded by captjoe06.

 

Bob Whynott

Posted on by Sharon

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Bob’s probably going to kill me for posting this picture, but he always poses when he sees my camera, so…..here he is!

Janet and Star Squiggle guessed correctly. Congrats!

For those who don’t know Bob, he’s Gloucester’s City Clerk and all around good guy!

Vote For Gloucester

Posted on by Joey Ciaramitaro

This just in from seARTS-

Vote For Gloucester, originally uploaded by captjoe06.

 Help Governor Patrick Choose

In a successor to the 50 States Quarters Program, the U.S. Mint, in a  nationwide program, has asked Governor Patrick to select one preferred and three alternate Massachusetts national sites to be featured on the reverse of a quarter. Beginning in 2010, the Mint will release five new quarter designs annually based on the order in which the selected sites gained federal designation. Governor Patrick is calling on the people of Massachusetts to help with this decision.

“Our Commonwealth has many great parks and historically significant sites,” said Governor Patrick. “It will be fun to let everybody help choose the one to submit.”

One of the sites included is Gloucester’s famous Man at the Wheel Statue created by sculptor and photographer Leonard Craske. This statue not only commemorates Gloucester’s maritime heritage but also its distinguished arts history. Please visit the voting site and place a vote for Gloucester!

Go to:  America’s Beautiful National Parks Quarter

Scroll down the list to Essex County and click next to Gloucester Fisherman’s Memorial, Gloucester.

You can vote as often as you like but all voting must be done by 5:00 p.m. February 26, 2009.

Thank you.

 

Beautiful Industry

Posted on by Sharon

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The fog was just lifting that day.  I was driving back to work. I grabbed my camera and watched the picture-perfect scene unfold. I like  the rippled reflections on the water.

Memories

Posted on by Sharon

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Nine years ago today, my dad, Ed “Pee Wee” Lowe, passed away. He was a Gloucester firefighter when all the wharf fires and huge hotel fires happened. He was small, yet feisty.  He had a love/hate relationship with the Red Sox, collected everything, owned the Hesperus Bottle Shop in Magnolia, and beat me in every single pingpong game we ever played.  The old firemen remember him. One cool guy. This was one of his favorite prints. Sure do miss him.   —-Sharon

Gloucester House Explosion

Posted on by Joey Ciaramitaro

I’d really like to thank Mike Lindberg for sending in a bunch of the photos of the Eastern Avenue house explosion.  It surely helped get the story in pics out.  

Gloucester House Explosion, originally uploaded by captjoe06.

Mike Lindberg pic

Eastern Avenue House Explosion

Posted on by Joey Ciaramitaro

Thanks Mike Lindberg For The Pictures.  Slide show coming

Gloucester House Explosion, originally uploaded by captjoe06.

 

Joke Shop USA (Next to The Lone Gull)

Posted on by Joey Ciaramitaro

It’s good to see some serious bidness going down on Main Street.  Owner of Joke Shop USA says they are doing extremely well.  hile I was there to do or interview there was a steady flow of people cruising through. Video part three Tuesday morning at 8:00AM

Joke Shop USA (Next to The Lone Gull), originally uploaded by captjoe06.

 

Donna Ardizzone Submitted Pic

Posted on by Joey Ciaramitaro

Thanks to Donna Ardizzone for submitting this pic.

Donna Ardizzone Submitted Pic, originally uploaded by captjoe06.

 

Brown’s Yacht Yard Marina Bull

Posted on by Joey Ciaramitaro

See this ginormous forktruck?  It’s called a marina bull(thanks Toby for the correction) and instead of flat forks which we have on our forktruck to move pallets of fish and lobsters around, the marina bull has long round tubes coming off it’s front.   The marina bull is also about triple the size of our forktruck so you can get an idea of the scale of it’s size.   The marina bull is used to manuver smaller boats into the rack storage system at Brown’s where they store boats warehouse style in the racks (you can see Brown’s Rack storage system in front of the marina bull in this shot). 

These marina pulls need to be incredibly heavy especially in the rear end so they can counterbalance the weight of the boat that will be lifted straight out in front on the long tubes.  Note to Peter -you might wanna get the maintenence guy to grease up the chains.

Brown’s Yacht Yard Marina Pull, originally uploaded by captjoe06.

 

Brown’s Yacht Yard Travelift

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Brown’s Yacht Yard Travelift, originally uploaded by captjoe06.

 

Rudder Reconstruction Update 1/27/09

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Rudder Reconstruction Update 1/27/09, originally uploaded by captjoe06.

Janice Lufkin Shea Won Georgie Hansen’s Lobster Buoy With an $85 Bid

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Janice Lufkin Shea Won Georgie’s Lobster Buoy With an $85 Bid, originally uploaded by captjoe06.

Art Haven Lobster Buoy Auction- Live At Cruiseport Video

Posted on by Joey Ciaramitaro

You are not going to believe how much some of these buoys sold for.

Watch the video by clicking the picture below to see how much.