Tag: Trawler Winch

There’s something beautiful about this old winch at the Maritime Heritage Center.  Knowing that it must have been responsible for pulling up millions and millions of pounds of fish right til the end of its working life.

I wonder what it’s going to be like for me when I’m gone from the dock.  I think about the winch that we’ve had at the head of the dock to unload boats forever.  It’s the same winch that was there when my grandfather and father were working.  It’s worn and rusty but it will be strange one day when I’m no longer here for it to not be part of my every day life.  Strange, huh?

Beautiful Industry- Winch, originally uploaded by captjoe06.