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Beautiful Industry Pamet Winch

Posted on by Joey Ciaramitaro

Here is one of the winches that haul the trawl doors in on the Dragger Pamet.  This winch is manufactured by Hawboldt Industries in Chester Nova Scotia, Canada.  What is interesting and makes for a great winch is the galvanized steel that holds up well to the salt water as opposed to the old metal winches which wouldn’t hold up nearly as well to the salt water conditions that these winches operate in.

Beautiful Industry Pamet Winch, originally uploaded by captjoe06.

By Comparison The Winch Below Was Aboard The Vincie N

Beautiful Industry- Winch

Posted on by Joey Ciaramitaro
I’m not sure what my fascination with winches is but probably it’s the fact that they do so much of the work aboard fishing boats and unloading facilities.  Winches and fork trucks.

Beautiful Industry- Winch, originally uploaded by captjoe06.

Beautiful Industry- Winch

Posted on by Joey Ciaramitaro

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.


Beautiful Industry- Winch

Posted on by Joey Ciaramitaro

It’s been a while since the Vincie N’s winch has seen any new wire.  Head down to the Gloucester Maritime Heritage Center to check it out in person.

Here is the GMHC website

Beautiful Industry- Winch, originally uploaded by captjoe06.

 

Beautiful Industry- Winch

Posted on by Joey Ciaramitaro

The winch from the Vincie N at the Gloucester Maritime Heritage Center.

Beautiful Industry- Winch, originally uploaded by captjoe06.