National Fisherman, the commercial fishing industry magazine, recently opened up its historical archives of east and west coast commercial boats.
Here’s two. One shows the first of the Novi lobster boats built in Plymouth, Ma. at the tiny boatshop on Union Street. Novi boats have long been a commonplace on the Gloucester waterfront.
The seconds shows an impressive wreck on the shores of what I think is Ten Pound Island, at the entrance to the inner harbor.
The Coast Guard kept an air station at Ten Pound.
Sadly, the island’s a mess: thickets of poison ivy, crumbled walls and staghorn sumac that do a very good job of keeping vandals away from the lighthouse and foghorn.
Good Morning Gloucester 